title: Prevalence of vitamin d deficiency among Indian menopausal women and its correlation with diabetes: A first Indian cross sectional data.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate prevalence of Vitamin D deficiency and establish any correlation between diabetes and vitamin D deficiency among postmenopausal women.
  
  
  METHODS
  The 25-hydroxy vitamin D [25 (OH) D] concentrations were measured by competitive in-vitro quantitative immunoassay. The subjects were classified as vitamin D-deficient, insufficient or sufficient on the basis of 25 (OH) D concentrations of < 20 ng/mL, 20-30 ng/mL or > 30 ng/mL respectively. The apparently normal postmenopausal women (PMW) were subjected to fasting blood sugar levels to analyse any correlation between vitamin D deficiency and diabetes.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Vitamin D deficiency was observed in 53.35% of the population, 19.48% had insufficiency and 26.83% had adequate Vitamin D levels. In 12.14% of the study population fasting blood glucose was > 110 mg/dl and rest of the subjects were between the normal range which is 70-110mg/dl. Correlation between raised blood sugar levels and Vitamin D deficiency among PMW was non-significant (P = 0.324).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  High prevalence of vitamin D deficiency exists among apparently healthy Indian PMW. However, the current study failed to show any statistical correlation between vitamin D deficiency and existence of diabetes, which may be due to small sample size.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Government Medical College, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
authors.forename: Vishal R
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Tandon
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Government Medical College, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
authors.forename: Sudhaa
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Acharya Sri Chander College of Medical Science, Sidra, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
authors.forename: Shagun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mahajan
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Government Medical College, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
authors.forename: Kaplia
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Raina
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Government Medical College, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
authors.forename: Annil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mahajan
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Government Medical College, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
authors.forename: Vijay
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Khajuria
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Government Medical College, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
authors.forename: Zahid
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Gillani
keywords: Chronic diseases; deficiency; diabetes; postmenopausal women; vitamin D