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Vitamin D and musculoskeletal status in Nova Scotian women who wear concealing clothing.
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- The Prevalence and Determinants of Vitamin D Status among Older Adults: Data from a Longitudinal Aging Study.International journal of preventive medicine · 2023Article
- Vitamin D status of the Russian adult population from 2013 to 2018.Scientific reports · 2022Article
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- Shedding light on vitamin D: the shared mechanistic and pathophysiological role between hypovitaminosis D and COVID-19 risk factors and complications.Inflammopharmacology · 2021Review
- Effect of supplementation of vitamin D and calcium on patients suffering from chronic non-specific musculoskeletal pain: A pre-post study.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2021Article
- Physical Determinants of Vitamin D Photosynthesis: A Review.JBMR plus · 2021Article
- Concealing Clothing Leading to Severe Vitamin D Deficiency, Osteomalacia and Muscle Weakness.Open access Macedonian journal of medical sciences · 2019Article
- Self-Report Dietary Assessment Tools Used in Canadian Research: A Scoping Review.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2017Article
- Fatigue and Vitamin D Status in Iranian Female Nurses.Global journal of health science · 2015Article
- Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency across the spectrum of glucose intolerance.Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders · 2015Article
- Dynamic changes in serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D during pregnancy and lack of effect on thyroid parameters.PloS one · 2014Article
- Determinants of vitamin D status in fair-skinned women of childbearing age at northern latitudes.PloS one · 2013Article
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Abstract
Bone and muscle weakness due to vitamin D deficiency is common among Muslim women who reside in sunny, equatorial countries. The purpose of this study was to determine if living in a northern maritime location additionally disadvantages women who wear concealing clothes. A cross-sectional matched pair design was used to compare women who habitually wore concealing clothing with women who dressed according to western norms. Each premenopausal hijab-wearing woman (n = 11) was matched by age, height, weight and skin tone with a western-dressed woman. Subjects were tested by hand grip dynamometry to assess muscular strength and by quantitative ultrasound at the calcaneus to assess bone status. Nutritional intake was obtained by 24 h recall. Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (s-25(OH)D) status was determined in seven matched pairs. The hijab group had lower s-25(OH)D than women who wore western clothes (40 ± 28 vs. 81 ± 32 nmol/L, p= 0.01). Grip strength in the right hand was lower in the hijab-wearing women (p = 0.05) but this appeared to be due to less participation in intense exercise. Bone status did not differ between groups (p= 0.9). Dietary intake of vitamin D was lower in the hijab-wearers (316 ± 353 vs. 601 ± 341 IU/day, p= 0.001). This pilot study suggests that women living in a northern maritime location appear to be at risk for vitamin D insufficiency and therefore should consider taking vitamin D supplements.
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