Frequency of Vitamin D deficiency in Coronary artery disease patients following up in tertiary care cardiac center in Lahore
Aim: To find out frequency of Vit. D deficiency in Coronary artery disease following up in tertiary care cardiac center Method: It is Purposive Cross-sectional study, Duration study period of two months in which 228 patients attended out clinic and underwent admission at department of cardiology & cardiovascular surgery, Data collection tool (a struc-tured questionnaire) consists of demographic data, Vitamin d3 level, details of medications and co-angulation factors, ECG findings and expected Echocardiogram findings Result: The subjects were severely deficient in vitamin D and its levels were inversely correlated with most of the com-ponents of metabolic syndrome. A Vitamin D deficiency is stirring the Pakistan rural population regardless of their age, gender, and the results of this study’s result have showed that this vitamin D deficiency is crucial in Pakistan. However, large scale studies are required to verify our findings. Keywords: Cardiovascular disease, Vitamin D. deficiency, Coronary artery disease, Malnutrition