The role of socio-economic well-being in the prevalence of severe vitamin D deficiency, vitamin B12 deficiency and glucose metabolic changes in the population of Karaj, Iran
The role of socioeconomic welfare in the prevalence of severe vitamin D
deficiency, vitamin B12 deficiency and glucose metabolic changes in
population of Karaj, Iran
Mahsa
Houshdar
*
1
, Seyed Mehdi Samimi Ardestani
2
, Seyed Saeed Sadr
3
1
. MD. CEO of Houshdar Medical Technology Co, Iran. (Corresponding Author: mhooshdar@gmail.com)
2
. M.D , Associate professor of psychiatry
,
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science, behavioral science research
center, Imam Hossein Medical Center, Te
hran, Iran
3
. MD , assistant
professor of psychiatry
, Shahid Beheshti University Of Medical Science, behavioral science research
center, Imam Hossein Medical Center, Tehran, Iran
(Received: 20 Oct 2015; Revised: 8 Nov 2015; Accepted: 26 Nov 2015)
Abstract
Introduction:
Online Medicare is a method in which parts of a medical process
,
whether its
diagnostics, monitoring or the treatment itself will be completed by using online services. At the
first step the students were registered for using the s
ystem. They participated in estimating
depression scale; anxiety scale and clinical interview by online medical care system. Subsequently
,
the lab examination tests were performed on persons specified by the system. The lab examinations
include: serum lev
el of vitamin D
3&4
, serum level of vitamin B12
5&6
, fasting blood sugar
7&8
,
HbA1c
7&8
, thyroid function test
9&10
and CBC. All of the students were solely treated by vitamins or
minerals therapy and/or treatment of medical problems (such as hypothyroidism).
Methods:
For detecting the role of socioeconomic welfare in the prevalence of the diseases, we
implement the system in a low middle class boy’s state high school, and in an above average boy’s
state high school and in an above average boy’s private high sc
hool. The prevalence of severe
vitamin D deficiency, hypoglycemia, impaired fasting glucose level and vitamin B12 deficiency
were compared in students who lay in different socioeconomic situation.
Results:
Severe vitamin D deficiency is significantly highe
r in above average neighborhoods than
low middle class neighborhoods with
p
value = 0.024 < 0.05. Significant difference in vitamin B12
deficiency, hypoglycemia and impaired fasting glucose were seen in deferent high schools, but it is
not related to soci
oeconomic situation.
Conclusion:
In
Karaj, Iran, in societies with better socioeconomic situation, we can find higher
severe vitamin D deficiency, it can be
due to
urbanization, living in apartment, over protection,
preferring indoor games to outdoor games
.
Declaration of Interest:
None.
Key
words
:
Depression, Anxiety,
V
itamin D
D
eficiency,
Socioeconomic
.
Introduction
O
nline Medicare is a method in which parts
of a medical process
,
whether its diagnostics,
monitoring or the treatment itself
will be completed
by using online services
(1)
. For detecting the role
of socioeconomic welfare in the prevalence of the
diseases, we implement the system in a lower
middle class boy’s state high school, and in an
above average boy’s state high school
and in an
above average boy’s private high school.
Methods
At the first step the students were registered
for using the system. It was not mandatory and
not free. They participated in estimating depression
scale; anxiety scale and clinical
interview by online
medical care system. During this estimation, we