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We aim to study the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in autoimmune rheumatic diseases in patients visiting the rheumatology clinic at the Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital in Thimphu.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A descriptive study was conducted on 126 patients in Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital, who were visiting the rheumatology clinic. Vitamin D levels were analysed among these rheumatology patients. EpiData software is used for data entry and analysis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Out of 126 patients, 71 had rheumatoid arthritis, 34 had systemic erythema-tosus, 8 mixed connective tissue disease and 13 had other autoimmune rheumatic diseases. Among these, only 12 (9.52%) patients had normal vitamin D levels, and 114 (90.5%) patients had lower than normal serum levels of the vitamin. Among these, 75 (59.5%) were deficient and 39 (31.0%) were insufficient.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The study found that the prevalence of Vitamin D deficiency is high with 59.5% among patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases and only with 9.5% were with normal levels of vitamin D.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/20503121231223313","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,1,18]],"date-time":"2024-01-18T05:38:16Z","timestamp":1705556296000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases visiting the rheumatology clinic at the National Referral Hospital, Bhutan"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"12","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5383-5835","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sangay","family":"Dorji","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Postgraduate Medicine, Khesar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences of Bhutan, Thimphu, Bhutan"},{"name":"Department of Medicine, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital, Thimphu, Bhutan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sonam","family":"Yangchen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Postgraduate Medicine, Khesar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences of Bhutan, Thimphu, Bhutan"},{"name":"Department of Medicine, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital, Thimphu, Bhutan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Pem","family":"chuki","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Postgraduate Medicine, Khesar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences of Bhutan, Thimphu, Bhutan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,1,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"bibr1-20503121231223313","unstructured":"Johansson J. 10 Things you should know about rheumatic disease. 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