Vitamin D, bone alkaline phosphatase and parathyroid hormone in healthy subjects and haemodialysed patients from West Africa: impact of reference ranges and parathyroid hormone generation assays on the KDIGO guidelines.

We found a low prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in a tropical country like Ivory Coast. We also established the PTH reference range, which could prove useful for the follow-up of haemodialysed patients, particularly for the large number of patients suffering from secondary hyperparathyroidism who are at high risk of adverse bone events.