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Relationship Between Vitamin D and Cardio-Metabolic Biomarkers Among Saudi Postmenopausal Women
ISSN: 1929 - 5634
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Relationship Between Vitamin D and Cardio-Metabolic Biomarkers Among Saudi Postmenopausal Women
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Publisher: Lifescience Global Inc.
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IAA.ZONE/1929107035634
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Abstract
Vitamin D deficiency is prevalent worldwide, and in Saudi Arabia in particular. There is growing evidence that hypovitaminosis D is involved in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular diseases. We determined concentrations of serum 25 hydroxy 25(OH) vitamin D in relation to several metabolic biomarkers including total cholesterol (TC), low density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C), high density lipoprotein-cholesterol, triglycerides (TG), atherogenic index (AI), glucose, C-reactive protein (CRP), adiposity, and blood pressure in a cross-sectional analysis in 300 Saudi postmenopausal women. Participants completed a detailed questionnaire and fasting blood samples were collected. Vitamin D deficiency was common, affecting 89% of individuals. Higher serum 25(OH) vitamin D levels were consistently found among subjects with no prevalent cardiovascular risk factors (p>0.05) except for those subjects with serum CRP level 3mg/dl, HDL-C
