Profile of Vitamin D Levels Among Elderly Women with Knee Osteoarthritis in South Tangerang

Wipan Kurniawan (Faculty of Medicine, UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta)
Achmad Zaki (Departement of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta)
Mery Nitalia (Departement of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta)
Bisatyo Mardjikoen (Departement of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta)
Hiro Putra Faisal (Departement of Medical Informatics, Faculty of Medicine, UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta)
Melia Fatrani Rufaidah (Departement of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta)

The Avicenna Medical Journal
Vol 3, No 2 (2022)

Background: The number of older people over 60 in Indonesia has doubled in the last five decades (1971-2020). Knee osteoarthritis is one of the non-communicable diseases arising in the elderly population. One of the risk factors known is low levels of vitamin D. This study aims to describe the profile of vitamin D serum levels, especially in elderly women with knee osteoarthritis in South Tangerang City, in 2020. Method: This study used a cross-sectional design from the secondary dataof female patients aged over 60 years who had been diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis with a total sample of 110. The sample was selected using consecutive sampling and analyzed using univariate analysis. Results: This study found that 80% of the elderly with knee osteoarthritis have low level vitamin D serum, with 63% had insufficient level, and 17% were deficient. Conclusion: Most of the elderly women with knee osteoarthritis in South Tangerang in 2020 had a low level of vitamin D serum <50 nmol/L.