Research Article
Epidemic of Vitamin D Deficiency and Its Management: Awareness among Indian Medical Undergraduates
Table 2
Vitamin D status in relation to 25 (OH)
levels [
30,
31].
| | IOM (Institute of Medicine) | |
| | Severe deficiency | <5 ng/mL | | Deficiency | <15 ng/mL | | Sufficiency | >20 ng/mL | | Risk of toxicity | >50 ng/mL |
| | US Endocrine Society Classification | |
| | Deficiency | <20 ng/mL | | Insufficiency | 21–29 ng/mL | | Sufficiency | >30 ng/mL | | Toxicity | >150 ng/mL |
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(OH)D = 25-hydroxycholecalciferol.
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