Abstract
Objective: Vitamin D deficiency is claimed to be associated with many
diseases in the world populations. Many studies reported that vitamin D
deficiency is quite prevalent in Pakistan. The aim of this review is to
describe the current status of vitamin D deficiency in healthy
individuals and in different disease conditions in this country.
Methods: Search engines such as “Google Scholar”, “Medline and
PubMed” were used by applying key words such as vitamin D deficiency,
vitamin D deficiency and different disease conditions in Pakistani
population. Results: Total 82 studies were included in which 12 studies
showed vitamin levels less than 30 ng/mL in the healthy individuals
(male and female) and 70 studies in different disease conditions. It
found that about 64.6% healthy subjects had vitamin D levels less than
30 ng/mL. Moreover, 70 studies showed its deficiency in some diseases
such as musculoskeletal, bone and periodontal problems, nursing mothers
and children, tuberculosis, diabetes, cardiovascular problems and some
type of cancers. Conclusion: The current status of vitamin D deficiency
in healthy population and in several diseases and conditions are
thoroughly discussed in this review. This review could be helpful to
understand status of vitamin D and different aspects of vitamin D
research in this population