Vitamin D Deficiency among Patients with Newly Diagnosed Tuberculosis

Background: Tuberculosis is a common public health problem in Kurdistan region and Iraq. Objective: To determine the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among newly diagnosed individuals with tuberculosis. Methods: Present study was an observational cross-sectional carried out in Erbil Tuberculosis center at Erbil city-Kurdistan region/Iraq through the period of eight months from 1st of October, 2024 to 30th of April, 2025 on sample of sample of one hundred patients with newly diagnosed tuberculosis and sample of one hundred healthy individuals as controls. Results: The vitamin D deficiency was recorded in 74% of newly diagnosed tuberculosis cases. Our study showed a statistically significant relationship was observed between severe vitamin D level deficiency and TB cases (p