Assessment of Vitamin D, Calcium, Cholesterol, and Phosphorus status in Obese and Overweight patients in Kenitra city (Morocco)

Abstract

Obesity and vitamin D deficiency have both been identified as major public health problems around the world. Overweight and obesity can cause many complications, including cardiovascular complications, but can also disrupt phosphocalcic metabolism, the objectives of our work are first of all: To write the phosphocalcic profile, the lipid balance as well as the dosage of vitamin D in an obese and overweight population, and to understand if the insufficiency in vitamin D is a cause or consequence of obesity. This is a descriptive cross-sectional study. It took place at the Mimosas Kenitra, Medical Analysis Laboratory for 18 months. The population concerned includes subjects Men and women aged between 20 years and 70 years who have BMI (Weight/height2)>25. Patients who are morbidly obese present a vitamin D deficiency of 60%, while 30% of obese patients with vitamin D deficiency were normal. The work of this thesis evaluated the phosphocalcic balance as well as the concentration of vitamin D.