The Relationship Between Vitamin D3Blood Level Socioeconomic Status And Body Mass Index among obese subjects

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To examine the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES), body mass index (BMI) and vitamin D level in obese non diabetic, non- hypertensive Egyptian subjects.
     Design and Method:  Vitamin D3 blood level of 217 Egyptian adults between 19-58 years of age was measured. Anthropometric measurements were taken and socioeconomic information was collected.
     Results: 63.5%of participants (n=138) were vitamin D3 deficient (vitamin D3< 20 ng/mL) of which 82.6%were females (n=114), 83.3% were married, 44.9% obtained more than 12 years education. More than half (56.5%) of the participants were either white collars or professionals. Vitamin D3 deficient participants were significantly younger than their counterparts with mean age 34+ 5.8 and 36+ 8.5 years  and had higher mean BMI 35.5 + 5.2, 33.5 + 3.3 (p<0.05) respectively. Low serum vitamin D3, high education and occupation levels were predictors of high BMI.
     Conclusion: Vitamin D3 deficiency is common among Egyptian adults and is associated with high BMI which calls for more intervention research to test if vitamin D3 supplementation could reduce the prevalence of obesity.

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