Prevalence and Associated Factors of Vitamin D Deficiency in High Altitude Region in Saudi Arabia: Three-Year Retrospective Study.
Mostafa AbdelsalamEman NagyMohamed AbdalbaryMona Abdellatif AlsayedAmr Abouzed Salama AliReham Metwally AhmedAbdulbadie Saleh M AlsuliamanyAli H AlyamiRaad M M AlthaqafiRaghad M AlsaqqaSafaa Ibrahim AliBakar AljohaniAhmed Abdullah AlghamdiFaisal A AlghamdiAdnan A AlsulaimaniPublished in: International journal of general medicine (2023)
Vitamin D deficiency is common in the Saudi population despite sunny weather in KSA. It is more prevalent among males, younger individuals, and those without comorbidities such as thyroid diseases and asthma.