ArticleNutrition & diabetes2017
Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and association with metabolic syndrome in a Qatari population.
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- Qatar's Silent Epidemic: A Comprehensive Meta-analysis on the Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome.Current diabetes reviews · 2025Pooled it
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of the response of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration to vitamin D supplementation from RCTs from around the globe.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2019Pooled it
- The potential role of vitamin D supplementation as a gut microbiota modifier in healthy individuals.Scientific reports · 2020Trial
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- Assessment of vitamin D deficiency in Qatar using Snibe-Maglumi X3 CLIA.Qatar medical journal · 2025Article
- Exploring the nutritional status in adults with chronic schizophrenia: a cross-sectional study in Ecuador.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- The Impact and Efficacy of Vitamin D Fortification.Nutrients · 2024Review
- The relationship between serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D status and hypertension in Syrian population: retrospective cohort study.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2024Article
- Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and its association with cardiometabolic risk factors among healthcare workers in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa; cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Retrospective Analysis of Vitamin D Deficiency in an Adult Population of Arad County, Western Romania (2019-2022).Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Comparison of vitamin D levels in diabetes mellitus patients with and without diabetic foot ulcers: An analytical observational study in Jakarta, Indonesia.International wound journal · 2023Observational
- The Role of BIA Analysis in Osteoporosis Risk Development: Hierarchical Clustering Approach.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Association between Serum Vitamin D and Metabolic Syndrome in a Sample of Adults in Lebanon.Nutrients · 2023Article
- A brief review of vitamin D as a potential target for the regulation of blood glucose and inflammation in diabetes-associated periodontitis.Molecular and cellular biochemistry · 2022Review
- Metabolomics Profiling of Vitamin D Status in Relation to Dyslipidemia.Metabolites · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectivesDespite long hours of sunlight in Qatar and other regions of the Middle East, vitamin D deficiency has been rising. In parallel, the prevalence of metabolic syndrome has also been increasing in Qatar. Vitamin D levels have been associated with metabolic syndrome but the data are inconsistent and no studies have addressed these inter-relationships in a Middle Eastern population where the prevalence of these conditions is high. The objective is to investigate the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and its association with metabolic syndrome and its components in the Qatar Biobank population.
methodsA cross-sectional study of 1205 participants (702 women and 503 men) from the Qatar Biobank, comprising Qataris and non-Qataris between the ages of 18 and 80 years, was used to perform multivariate linear regression analyses to examine the association between metabolic syndrome and prevalence of vitamin D deficiency (defined as <20 ng ml
resultsApproximately 64% of participants were vitamin D deficient (<20 ng ml
conclusionsVitamin D deficiency is prevalent in this Qatari population. Presence of metabolic syndrome was associated with presence of vitamin D deficiency. Future prospective studies need to be conducted to investigate the potential for causality.
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