Jasim, A., Ali, B., Abd, N., Ibrahim, Z. (2022). Ischemic Heart Diseases and Vitamin D3 Deficiency, Baghdad, Iraq, 2022. The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 89(2), 7517-7521. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2022.276676
Ali Haleem Jasim; Besmah Mohammed Ali; Najah Salman Abd; Ziyad Hazim Ibrahim. "Ischemic Heart Diseases and Vitamin D3 Deficiency, Baghdad, Iraq, 2022". The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 89, 2, 2022, 7517-7521. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2022.276676
Jasim, A., Ali, B., Abd, N., Ibrahim, Z. (2022). 'Ischemic Heart Diseases and Vitamin D3 Deficiency, Baghdad, Iraq, 2022', The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 89(2), pp. 7517-7521. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2022.276676
Jasim, A., Ali, B., Abd, N., Ibrahim, Z. Ischemic Heart Diseases and Vitamin D3 Deficiency, Baghdad, Iraq, 2022. The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2022; 89(2): 7517-7521. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2022.276676
Ischemic Heart Diseases and Vitamin D3 Deficiency, Baghdad, Iraq, 2022
1Iraqi Ministry of Health / Minister's Office, Baghdad, Iraq
2Public Health Department / Ghazi Al-Hariri Hospital for Surgical Specialties, Baghdad Medical City, Ministry of Health, Baghdad, Iraq
33 Iraqi Center for Heart Diseases, Ministry of Health, Baghdad, Iraq
44 Iraqi Ministry of Health, Baghdad, Iraq
Abstract
Introduction: Ischemic heart diseases (IHD) are prevalent worldwide and they are considered a rapidly increasing common reason for death. Vitamin D3 plays a role in cardiovascular health and its deficiency is also prevalent. Objectives: To measure the prevalence of vitamin D3 deficiency among Iraqi patients with IHD and to explore any potential relation of this deficiency with other variables. Patients and Methods: Vitamin D3 level was determined among fifty patients with IHD who attended the Iraqi Center for Heart Diseases in Baghdad, to evaluate its role in this group of patients through a cross-sectional study. Results: The mean age of all participants was 55.2 ± 8.9 years, while for those with vitamin D3 deficiency was 57.55 ± 7 years. 66% of the participants were males, 82% were living in urban areas, 58% were smoking, 76% had a family history of IHD, 52% and 62% of them were hypertensive and diabetic sequentially, 58% had a high total cholesterol, 22% had a low HDL, 38% had a high LDL, and 42% had a high TG level.The vitamin D3 mean value for the ischemic participants was 21.8 ng/dl. Among those patients, 14% had sufficient vitamin D3 levels, 24% had insufficient levels, and 62% had a deficiency. Conclusion: The deficiency of vitamin D3 exists in 62% of Iraqi ischemic patients. Vitamin D3 deficiency is associated with an increased prevalence of IHD, Introduction: Ischemic heart diseases (IHD) are prevalent worldwide and they are considered a rapidly increasing common reason for death. Vitamin D3 plays a role in cardiovascular health and its deficiency is also prevalent. Objectives: To measure the prevalence of vitamin D3 deficiency among Iraqi patients with IHD and to explore any potential relation of this deficiency with other variables. Patients and Methods: Vitamin D3 level was determined among fifty patients with IHD who attended the Iraqi Center for Heart Diseases in Baghdad, to evaluate its role in this group of patients through a cross-sectional study. Results: The mean age of all participants was 55.2 ± 8.9 years, while for those with vitamin D3 deficiency was 57.55 ± 7 years. 66% of the participants were males, 82% were living in urban areas, 58% were smoking, 76% had a family history of IHD, 52% and 62% of them were hypertensive and diabetic sequentially, 58% had a high total cholesterol, 22% had a low HDL, 38% had a high LDL, and 42% had a high TG level.The vitamin D3 mean value for the ischemic participants was 21.8 ng/dl. Among those patients, 14% had sufficient vitamin D3 levels, 24% had insufficient levels, and 62% had a deficiency. Conclusion: The deficiency of vitamin D3 exists in 62% of Iraqi ischemic patients. Vitamin D3 deficiency is associated with an increased prevalence of IHD,