Table 1

- Prevalence of hypocalcemia in different Saudi Arabian cities.

ReferenceYearCityHypocalcemia*
Al-Hakami et al112024Jeddah147 (76.6)
Alomari et al122024Jeddah130 (37.9)
Jan et al132024Makkah112 (52.1)
Algethami et al142022Taif16 (10.3)
Alyahya et al152022Al-Ahsa5 (9.1)
Bawa et al162021Bisha16 (7.5)
Al-Essa et al172021Riyadh13 (65)
Alqahtani et al182022Tabuk119 (65.3)
Al-kaff et al192020Makkah30 (13)
Qobty et al202020Aseer56 (37.3)
Althoubaity et al212020Jeddah87 (67.4)
Al-Hakami et al222019Jeddah50 (10.9)
Al-Harbi et al232018Jazan11 (3.4)
Algarni et al242017Jeddah4 (12.5)
Al-Amri252014Dammam1 (0.07)
Al-Dhahri et al262014Riyadh43 (25.6)
Alshahrani et al272013Riyadh19 (21.6)
  • * Values expressed as number of patients (%)