VITAMIN B LEVELS AMONG HEALTHY 12 ADULT POPULATION- A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY

Abstract

Objective: To determine vitamin B levels among healthy adult population. Study Design: 12 Cross sectional study. Place and Duration: Outpatient Department, Indus Medical College Hospital Tando Muhammad Khan from March 2017 to September 2017. Methods: A sample of 147; comprising 95 female and 52 male was selected for study. Volunteer participants were selected according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. Blood samples were collected. Hemoglobin, hematocrit, and RBC counts were detected and vitamin B was detected by ELISA 12 assay kit. Student`s t-test and Chi-square test were used on SPSS (ver 22.0) for data at 95% CI (P ≤ 0.05). Results: Mean± SD age was noted as 39.9±5.35 and 40.10±11.24 years in male and female respectively. Of 147 subjects, 95 (64.6%) were female and 52 (35.5%) were male (P=0.0001). Vitamin B was found as 214.78±76.4 and 133.81±35.1 pg/ml in male and female 12 respectively (P=0.0003). Total vitamin B was noted as 166.04 ± 68.84 pg/ml. Of total 147 12 subjects, normal, borderline deficiency, deficiency and severe deficiency of vitamin B was 12 noted in 20 (13.6%), 27 (18.3%), 75 (51.02%) and 25 (17.01%) respectively (P=0.0001). Conclusion: The present study reported frequency of 86.39% of vitamin B deficiency. This shows the gravity 12 of Vitamin B deficiency problem that is prevalent in the community and remains undiagnosed. 12 Early screening and vitamin B supplements campaigns should be launched for prevention of 12 long term irreversible complications. Further large scale studies are recommended.