Vitamins Normal Level in the Blood
Vitamin | Source | Another source | Disease caused by a deficiency |
Vitamin A | 1. 65 to 275 IU/ 100 ml or more than 20 µg /dL (30 to 80 µg /dL) |
30 to 60 µg /dL | Degeneration of eye and skin |
Vitamin C | 0.2 to 2.0 mg /dL | 0.4 to 1.5 mg/dL | Scurvy |
Vitamin D | 0.7 to 3.3 I.U / ml 24 to 69 pg / ml |
25(OH)D = 10 to 60 pg/mL 1,25(OH)D = 15 to 60 pg/mL |
Rickets Osteomalacia |
Vitamin E | more than 0.5 mg/ ml or 5 to 25 µg /dL | 0.5 to 1.8 mg/dL | Hemolytic anemia |
Vitamin B 1 |
Whole blood =90 to 140 nmol/L RBCs = 280 to 590 ng/g of Hb |
Beriberi | |
Vitamin B 6 | 5 to 25 ng / ml | EDTA plasma = 5 to 30 ng/mL | Genaral metabolic defect |
Vitamin B 12 | 200 to 800 pg / ml | 205 to 678 ng/mL | Megaloblastic anemia, Pernicious anemia |
Folic acid | 5 to 21 µg /dL |
serum = 2.6 to 12.2 µg /L RBC = 103 to 411 µg /L |
Megaloblastic anemia |
Vitamin K | 0.13 to 1.19 ng/mL | 0.13 to 1.19 ng/mL | hemorrhagic disease |
Pantothenic acid |
Whole blood = 344 to 583 µg /L 24 hours urine = 1 to 15 mg/day |
General metabolic defect |
- The table above showing levels of various vitamins in the blood.