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Objective: To assess the proportion of insufficient, deficient and severely deficient level of 25 hydroxy Vitamin D in patients on hemodialysis. Methodology: This cross sectional study was conducted from February to December 2020. A total of 196 patients who were between 18 – 80 years of age on maintenance hemodialysis for at least one month were selected using non probability consecutive sampling technique. Data were analyzed by SPSS version 22. Results: Out of 196 patients, 112 (57.14%) were males and 84 (42.86%) females. 151 (77%) were diabetic and 157 (80.1%) hypertensive. Low level of vitamin D was observed in 187 (95.41%) patients. In these, 64 (32.7%) were severely deficient (25(OH) D < 10 ng/ml), 102(52.0%) had deficiency (25(OH) D 10 – 20 ng/ml) and 21(10.7%) hadinsufficient levels of vitamin D (25(OH)D 21 to 30 ng/ml).The relationship between severity of deficient levels had no correlation with age, gender, BMI and hypertension (p>0.05), while a statistically significant correlation was found with duration of CKD, duration of hemodialysis, number of hemodialysis sessions/week and diabetes. Conclusion: Low level of vitamin D was observed in 95.41% patients on hemodialysis. Keywords: Chronic kidney disease (CKD), 25 hydroxy Vitamin D, hemodialysis.

Nayab Afzal, Naila Tariq. (2022) Proportion of insufficient, deficient and severely deficient level of 25 hydroxy Vitamin D in patients on hemodialysis, , Volume 47, Issue 2.
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