Objective: To determine the frequency of vitamin d deficiency and insufficiency among patients of diabetes mellitus type II presented at medicine OPD of tertiary care Hospital Methodology: This cross-sectional study was done at Medicine department of Peoples University of Medical and Health Sciences for women Nawabshah (SBA). Study was done during six months from April 2020 to September 2020. All patients of diabetes mellitus type II, age >40 years and of either were included. A 5ml sample was taken from each patient and was sent to the diagnostic laboratory to assess the HbA1c level and vitamin D status. The normal range for vitamin D (25-OHD) was 30–40 ng/ml. The value <20 ng/ml was defined as deficiency while insufficiency was ranged between 20.1- 29.9 ng/ml. All the data was collected by the self-made study proforma. Data analysis was done by using the SPSS version 26. Results: A total of 62 patients of diabetes mellitus were studied for vitamin D level; their average age was 49.51+12.65 years and average duration of diabetes was 10.25+5.22 years. Average HbA1c was 7.33+3.5 and the average vitamin D level was 27.21+21.98. 36(58.1%) were males and 26(41.9%) were females. Average BMI was 28.41+3.63 kg/m2. Out of all study participants 48.40% of the cases were observed with vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D deficiency was statistically insignificant according to gender and socioeconomic status (p=>0.05). Conclusion: As per study conclusion the vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency was observed to be higher among patients of diabetes mellitus type II and vitamin D deficiency was insignificantly linked to gender, socioeconomic status and severity of diabetes. Keywords: Vitamin D, Type II diabetes mellitus
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