Vitamin D levels and its association with uterine fibroid development

1-Setting: The study was carried on at Kirkuk governorate hospitals, department of gynecology andobs Background: Uterine fibroid are benign tumors of women uterus, affect female in reproductive agegroup.Objective: To detect vitamin D deficient female and frequency of uterine fibroid.Patients and Methods:tetrics.2-Methods: The study conducted on women with uterine fibroid, their age was ranging from 21-50years. Vitamin D in serum was estimated using fluorescence immunoassay method.Results: It was found that vitamin D levels differ significantly between different age groups while there wasno significant in relation to parity. Patients with bleeding had lowest vitamin level (11.74±4.92) whileasymptomatic patients had highest value of vitamin D(17.16 4±10.79 ). Educated women had lowervitamin level than uneducated ones.Conclusion: Symptomatic patients and educated women had lower Vitamin D level than asymptomaticand uneducated ones