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Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency and Hypervitaminosis D Among Adult Patients Admitted to the Tertiary Care Hospitals in Turkey

Dilek Gogas Yavuz 1 , Reyhan Ersoy 2 , Yüksel Altuntaş 3 , Habip Bilen 4 , Barış Pamuk 5 , Tuğçe Apaydın 1 , Şule Temizkan 6 , Hasan Altuntaş 7 , Meral Mert 8 , Ayşen Akalın 9 , Murat Sert 10 , Ilgın Yıldırım Şimşir 11 , Zeliha Hekimsoy 12 , Zeynep Cantürk 13 , Ziynet Alphan Üç 14 , Süleyman İplikçi 15 , Mehmet Yaşar 16 , Mustafa Unubol 17 , Kerem Sezer 18 , Ömercan Toplaoğlu 19 , Özlem Turhan İyidir 20 , Zafer Pekkolay 21 , Ayşegül Atmaca 22 , Oğuz Dikbaş 23 , Nilüfer Özdemir 24 , Kamile Gül 25 , Ferhat Deniz 26 , Eda Ertörer 27 , Züleyha Karaca 28 , Gülşah Elbüken 29 , Dilek Arpacı 30 , Kemal Ağbaht 31 , Elif Turan 32 , İnan Anaforoğlu 33 , Taner Bayraktaroğlu 30 , Goncagül Haklar 34 , Gülçin Dağlıoğlu 10 , Alparaslan Tuzcu 21 , İbrahim Şahin 19 , Şevki Çetinkalp 11
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Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey

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Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

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Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Health Sciences İstanbul Şişli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey

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Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Atatürk University Faculty of Medicine, Erzurum, Turkey

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Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, İzmir Katip Çelebi University Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey

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Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kartal Lütfi Kırdar Research and Training Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey

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Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine, Antalya, Turkey

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Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Health Sciences University Faculty of Medicine Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey

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Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Eskişehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine, Eskişehir, Turkey

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Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Çukurova University Faculty of Medicine Balçalı Hospital, Adana, Turkey

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Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey

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Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Celal Bayar University Faculty of Medicine, Manisa, Turkey

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Kocaeli University, Medical Faculty, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kocaeli, Turkey

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Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Uşak University Faculty of Medicine, Uşak, Turkey

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Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Necmettin Erbakan University Meram Faculty of Medicine, Konya, Turkey

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Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, İstanbul Taksim Research and Training Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey

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Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Aydın Adnan Menderes University Faculty of Medicine, Aydın, Turkey

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Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Mersin University Faculty of Medicine, Mersin, Turkey

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Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, İnönü University Turgut Özal Medical Center, Malatya, Turkey

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Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Başkent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

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Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Dicle University Faculty of Medicine, Diyarbakır, Turkey

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Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Ondokuz Mayis University Faculty of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey

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Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Giresun University Prof. Dr. A. İlhan Özdemir Training and Research Hospital, Giresun, Turkey

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Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Diyarbakır Gazi Yaşargil Training and Research Hospital, Diyarbakır, Turkey

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Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University Faculty of Medicine, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey

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Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Health Sciences İstanbul Sultan 2, Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey

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Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Başkent University Adana Dr. Turgut Noyan Training and Research Hospital, Adana, Turkey

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Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey

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Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University Faculty of Medicine, Tekirdağ, Turkey

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Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University Faculty of Medicine, Zonguldak, Turkey

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Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Defne Private Hospital, Hatay, Turkey

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Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Yozgat Bozok University Faculty of Medicine, Yozgat, Turkey

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Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Medical Park Trabzon Hospital, Trabzon, Turkey

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Department of Biochemistry, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey

Endocrinol Res Pract 2022; 26: 79-84
DOI: 10.5152/tjem.2022.22031
Keywords : 25-Hydroxyvitamin D, vitamin D, vitamin D deficiency
Read: 3305 Downloads: 894 Published: 01 June 2022
Volume 26, Issue 2, June 2022
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Objective: Vitamin D deficiency is a common health problem around the world. This study aimed to evaluate the nationwide prevalence of vitamin D status in tertiary care hospitals in Turkey.

Methods: Retrospectively, the data on vitamin D levels from 33 tertiary care hospitals’ clinical bio- chemistry laboratories around Turkey between January and December were collected.

Results: In total, 706 434 serum samples from adult subjects (female/male: 469 028/237 406; 66.4%/33.6%) were included. While vitamin D levels were sufficient in 20.3% (n = 14 222), they were insufficient in 21.9% (n = 154 360) and deficient in 57.8% (n = 408 882).

We observed the highest rates of deficiency in those aged between 18 and 29 years (62.9%, n=70 235) and lowest rates between 60 and 69 years (52.3%, n=61 121) and between 70 and 79 years (52.3%, n=32 397). Hypervitaminosis D was detected in 5.5% of adult subjects; highest rates of hypervitaminosis D were observed in those who were over 80 years (6.6%) and 70-79 years (6.5%) and the lowest in 18-29 years (2.8%).

Discussion: In this cohort, over half of the subjects admitted to the tertiary care hospitals in Turkey had vitamin D deficiency and required vitamin D supplementation. The elderly population had the lowest prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency and the highest prevalence of hypervitaminosis D.

Cite this article as: Gogas Yavuz D, Ersoy R, Altuntaş Y, et al. Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and hypervitaminosis D among adult patients admitted to the tertiary care hospitals in Turkey. Turk J Endocrinol Metab 2022;26(2):79-84.

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