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ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care2020

A prospective, cross-sectional study on association of serum vitamin D level with musculoskeletal symptoms and blood pressure in adult population.

Vikram Singh, Arup Kumar Misra, Mridu Singh, Bharat Kumar, Naresh Kumar Midha, Sneha Ambwani

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Article in Journal of family medicine and primary care, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Vikram SinghDepartment of Medicine, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Arup Kumar MisraDepartment of Pharmacology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Mangalagiri, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Mridu SinghDepartment of Medicine, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Bharat KumarDepartment of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
Naresh Kumar MidhaDepartment of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
Sneha AmbwaniDepartment of Pharmacology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
All India Institute of Medical Sciences Jodhpur · INDr. Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences · INAll India Institute of Medical Sciences Raipur · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundVitamin D is an important vitamin required to maintain an important physiological function of the body. The body should maintain an optimal level of vitamin D to maintain skeletal and metabolic functions. It was observed that inverse relationship is maintained by vitamin D level in the body with musculoskeletal symptoms and metabolic disorders.

objectiveThe study is conducted to associate between serum levels of vitamin D with self-reported symptoms (musculoskeletal) and blood pressure. MATERIAL AND

methodsVenous blood sample was collected from 126 adults with musculoskeletal symptoms. The subjects were stratified based on their vitamin D levels. Groups were tested for the frequency of symptoms and the relationship of different parameters with vitamin D.

resultsThe frequency of subjects in the study was more in the deficient category (<20 ng/dL). In the study, vitamin D was found to have a significant association with "weakness." Body mass index (BMI), systolic blood pressure (SBP), and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) were found to have an inverse relation with serum vitamin D level.

conclusionThe study showed the effect of vitamin D level in musculoskeletal symptoms and inverse association of vitamin D with BMI and blood pressure.

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Blood pressurebody mass indexhypovitaminosismusculoskeletal symptomsvitamin D

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PMID32509663
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