Vitamin D has been associated with different effects unrelated to bone-mineral metabolism, such as its association with arterial hypertension. This study determines the prevalence profile of vitamin D deficiency and
insufficiency in Ecuadorian patients, its epidemiological profile, and its relationship with other diseases such
as arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and chronic kidney disease. This is a pioneering study in Ecuador
of a retrospective type, carried out at the Pablo Arturo Suarez Hospital over 6 months, in which it was found
that the prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency was 28.5% (levels between 21 to 30 ng/ml) and deficiency was
57% (levels less than 20 ng/ml); Likewise, we ratify the inverse relationship between vitamin D levels and
age, as well as finding a certain association between vitamin D levels and the presence of arterial hypertension;
while no significant differences were found in its relationship with diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney disease
without the use of renal replacement therapy and the general population.
Keywords: vitamin D, chronic kidney disease, metabolism.