Data collection
The total duration of study was 1 year and during the study period a
total 60 samples were analyzed randomly. Data was collected using a
well-designed questionnaire which are peer reviewed by rheumatologists
at the study area i.e. hospital settings. The portion of the collected
data reflected some important patient’s information such as; name, age,
gender, marital status, family history, body mass index, height and
weight, OPD number, patient’s contact number, address, personal history
(it provide us information about personal routines like smoking and
alcohol),previous history of trauma (it provide us information about any
serious fracture that the patient has experienced in the past) ,
treatment history (it will provide us information about treatment or
medicines prescribed to patient in past), co morbidities (it will
provide information about existence of two or more disease) and dietary
habits recorded on a specially designed Performa or questionnaire.