Endocrine Abstracts

Aim: To elicit the factors affecting the severity of Vitamin D deficiency (VDD) in an endocrine outpatient population in a district general hospital.Methodology: A retrospective analysis of serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D levels of all patients known to an endocrine clinic between 1st January 2009 and 30th June 2011. The first vitamin D level within this period was recorded. Other biochemical markers and co-morbidities were also studied.<p class="abstext"...