Open AccessVitamin D levels in healthy men in eastern Saudi Arabia
Author(s) -
Mir Sadat-Ali,
Abdulmohsen H. Al-Elq,
Haifa A. Al-Turki,
Fatma A. Al-Mulhim,
Amein K. Al-Ali
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
annals of saudi medicine/annals of saudi medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.373
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 0975-4466
pISSN - 0256-4947
DOI - 10.4103/0256-4947.55168
Subject(s) - medicine , family medicine , university hospital , population , demography , traditional medicine , environmental health , sociology
Studies in 1980s and 1990s indicated that vitamin D levels in the ethnic Saudi Arabian population were low but no studies since that time have evaluated vitamin D levels among healthy young or middle-aged Saudi men. Thus, we assessed the serum level of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) among healthy Saudi Arabian men living in the Eastern Province.