TY - JOUR AU - Saeed, Muhammad Khawar AU - Khan, Asadullah AU - Chachar, Aijaz Zeeshan Khan AU - Khanum, Afshan AU - Khan, Hajra PY - 2022/04/30 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Vitamin D Deficiency in Acute Myocardial Infarction and its Association with Diabetes JF - Annals of King Edward Medical University JA - Annals KEMU VL - 28 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.21649/akemu.v28i1.5005 UR - https://www.annalskemu.org/journal/index.php/annals/article/view/5005 SP - 13-18 AB - <p><strong>Background: </strong>Vitamin D deficiency is a global public health problem. Vitamin D deficiency is linked to a number of non skeletal major chronic diseases like cardiovascular disease.<strong>Objectives: </strong>To determine the frequency of vitamin D deficiency in patients presenting with ST segment elevated myocardial infarction. <strong>Methods: </strong>During the study period, 150 patients fulfilling the selection criteria of ST segment elevation Myocardial infarction were included in this study. A blood sample for 25-hydroxyl vitamin D level was drawn for each patient. Vitamin D deficiency was defined as less than or equal to 20g/dl. Vitamin D deficiency was stratified with demographics such as age, gender, and Comorbids such as smoking and Diabetes. <strong>Results: </strong>The mean age of the patients was 51.6±6.7 years. There were 80 (53.3%) male and 70 (46.7%) female patients. There were 52 (34.7%) smokers and 55 (36.7%) patients had diabetes mellitus as Comorbids. The mean serum vitamin D level was 23.46±0.82 ng/ml. Sixty-four patients (49.3%) had vitamin D deficiency with levels below 20ngml, while another 46(30.6%) had insufficient Vitamin D levels in ranges of 21-30ng/ml. There was no association of age, gender, smoking or Diabetes history with vitamin D deficiency (p value &gt;90.05 for all these variables). <strong>Conclusion: </strong>Vitamin D deficiency is present in over half of patients with ST elevated Myocardial infarction. Only 20% of patients with acute myocardial infarction had normal vitamin D values, with remaining having insufficient levels. The deficiency was not associated with gender, age, or comorbidity such as smoking or Diabetes. </p> ER -