ArticleAnnals of general psychiatry2022
Vitamin D status and its correlation to depression.
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- Association of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D with the risk of depression in individuals with prediabetes and diabetes: A prospective cohort study.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2025Article
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- Associations of sunlight affinity with depression and sleep disorders in American males: Evidence from NHANES 2009-2020.PloS one · 2025Article
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- Hospital Length of Stay and Associated Factors in Adult Patients with Depression in Germany: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Chronic ultraviolet irradiation induces memory deficits via dysregulation of the dopamine pathway.Experimental & molecular medicine · 2024Article
- The Non-conventional Effects of Hypovitaminosis D: A Pandemic Even in Sunlight-Rich Countries.Cureus · 2024Review
- A Mendelian randomization study to examine the causal associations of circulating micronutrient levels with frailty risk.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Vitamin D Deficiency Participates in Depression of Patients with Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy by Regulating the Expression of Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2024Article
- Decreased Levels of Vitamin D in Bipolar Patients.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundVitamin D can influence more than 200 genes in various tissues showing its credibility among the fat-soluble vitamins. Vitamin D deficiency is directly proportional to major clinical conditions such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, malignancy, and multiple sclerosis. This study was conducted to determine the vitamin D level of individuals and its association with depression.
methodsVitamin D levels of 100 healthy and 100 depressed subjects were determined. The isolated subjects were screened on the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) scale and divided into three groups according to their age. Group-I comprised subjects of age 20 years and below, Group-II included subjects of age 21 to 60, and Group-III comprised subjects of ≥ 61 years of age. A sufficient level of vitamin D in normal subjects was noted, while mild deficiency of vitamin D status was observed in depressed subjects.
resultsOur study has reported a higher percentage of vitamin D deficiency in the Peshawar region. The results of our study indicated that depression was common in individuals having vitamin D deficiency.
conclusionsThe study showed a very high frequency of vitamin D deficiency in subjects with depression in Peshawar, Pakistan. The deficiency of vitamin D was observed more in females as compared to males. Further studies should explicate whether the highly widespread vitamin D deficiency could be cost-effectively treated as part of preventive or treatment interventions for depression.
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