The Prevalence of Hypercalciemia in Adult Population of the Gomel Region

Abstract

Aim: to study the prevalence of hypercalcemia among adults in the Gomel region. Materials and methods. The results of a selective study of the prevalence of hypercalcemia among residents of the Gomel region are presented. The study involved 1366 people (884 women, 482 men) from 20 to 71 years old, who passed tests of blood for serum calcium by the arsenase method. Results. The median age of patients was 32.0 [32.0; 54.0] years. Hypercalcemia was detected in 41 people of 3.0 (2.16-4.0) % and was significantly higher in men (4.0 (2.55-6.0) %) compared with women (2.0 (1, 48-4.0) %), p = 0.07. There were no significant differences in the prevalence of hypercalcemia in persons over 45 years old (3.6 (2.2-5.5) %) and younger (2.6 (1.6-3.9) %) (p = 0,33). At the same time, statistically significant differences were observed in women between the age groups of 30-39 (1.2 (0.4-2.7) % and 40-49 years (10.7 (2.3-28.2) %), p = 0.01. Conclusion. The result we obtained indicates quite big proportion of people with a high content of calcium in the blood in the population of the Republic of Belarus. This may indicate that they have a certain hidden pathology.