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Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences | Volume-6 | Issue-06
Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency among Sudanese Ladies with Secondary and Primary Infertility
Mohammed Omer Mohammed, Mohaammed A. Gafoor A. Gadir, Mosab Nouraldein Mohammed Hamad, Maha Elamin, Khartoum, Sudan
Published: June 30, 2018 | 135 139
DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2018.v06i06.045
Pages: 2542-2544
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Abstract
Vitamin D is so essential to fertility and getting pregnant is because it is needed to help the body create sex hormones. There is no published about the association between vitamin D deficiency and infertility among Sudanese ladies with infertility disorders. To know the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among Sudanese women with infertility disorders. To know the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among women with secondary infertility in comparison to those with primary infertility disorders. Descriptive, cross-sectional study, applied immunoassay to measure vitamin D level among the participant ladies. 64.5% of infertile ladies showed vitamin D deficiency. 18.8% of ladies with secondary infertility showed vitamin D deficiency compared to 45.7 %among ladies with primary infertility disorders. Further study should be done with large sample size and more than one method should be applied to measure vitamin D in order to obtain more accurate results.