The first study on Vitamin D deficiency in India was done by us in 1999, and was finally published in JAPI April 2002. The article now posted is the rewritten article with the original data which was published again in Medicine update of the API. The real causes behind deficiency and the solutions are highlighted in the article Tuberculosis and Vitamin D Deficiency in India Vitamin D deficiency was considered to be uncommon in India till recently. Following an original observation of Vitamin D deficiency in patients with Tuberculosis a controlled study was done which documented definite deficiency.
The mean value of 25 hydroxy Vit D3 in the study subjects was 10.7ng/ml in comparison to the control group who had a mean value of 19. 4ng/ml, and the difference was statistically significant (p<0.005). When the study was done there was no consensus on normal values, and since the lowest…
