Open AccessVitamin D status among women aged 40 years and above in a rural area of West Bengal: A community-based study
Author(s) -
Tania Pan,
Rajarshi Banerjee,
Aparajita Dasgupta,
Bobby Paul
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_130_18
Subject(s) - medicine , overweight , vitamin d and neurology , obesity , vitamin d deficiency , demography , vitamin , cross sectional study , diabetes mellitus , environmental health , gerontology , endocrinology , pathology , sociology
Vitamin D deficiency is a recognized pandemic. Even in a tropical country like India, where there is plentiful sunshine, vitamin D deficiency is widely prevalent. Adult females, particularly those above the age of 40, are mostly affected because vitamin D determines the pattern of post-menopausal bone loss and age-related osteoporosis.