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ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care2022

Role of 25-hydroxyvitamin D in irritable bowel syndrome patients.

Haris Alvi, Gohar Ali, Sadia Iqbal, Muhammad Nadeem Ahsan, Avinash, Muhammad Ali Siddiqui, Tooba Ahmed Kirmani, Ghazala Irshad, Haisum Baktashi, Muhammad Sohaib Asghar

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Article in Journal of family medicine and primary care, 2022. 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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1citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 30% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Haris AlviDepartment of Internal Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
Gohar AliDepartment of Internal Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
Sadia IqbalDepartment of Internal Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
Muhammad Nadeem AhsanDepartment of Internal Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
AvinashLiaquat National Hospital and Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan.
Muhammad Ali SiddiquiLiaquat National Hospital and Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan.
Tooba Ahmed KirmaniDepartment of Internal Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
Ghazala IrshadDepartment of Internal Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
Haisum BaktashiLiaquat National Hospital and Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan.
Muhammad Sohaib AsgharDepartment of Internal Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
Dow University of Health Sciences · PKLiaquat National Hospital · PK

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We conducted this study on patients diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome without identifiable stressors and replaced them with vitamin D supplements for 3 months. Almost 97 cases have repeated the vitamin D status that appeared to be sufficient, while 14 patients were missing data for follow-up. The advised option was intramuscular injection replacement but 34 out of 97 were taken oral route for replacement of Vitamin D and incidental finding is noted that serum vitamin D levels rise less in the oral group than in the intramuscular group. Mean age of our subjects was 35.97 ± 9.89 years, comprising 54% males (n = 60) and 46% females (n = 51). In the outcomes of our study, 56.7% of individuals showed complete relief from IBS symptoms after vitamin D replacement, while 36.1% reported considerable improvement. Another 6.2% had exhibited moderate relief with about 14 individuals lost to follow-up.

Indexed as

DyspepsiaIrritable bowel syndromevitamin D

Identifiers

PMID36994062
PMCPMC10041043
OpenAlexW4318472463

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