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Serum vitamin D levels and the components of metabolic syndrome: an analytical cross-sectional study

Mudassar Ali Roomi, Ansa Farooq, Ehsan Ullah, Khalid Parvez Lone.

Abstract
Objective: The present study was planned to determine the serum vitamin D levels and its relation with the various components of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in MetS positive and MetS negative subjects.
Methods: This analytical cross-sectional study on 88 subjects who were divided into two groups based on whether they fulfill the diagnostic criteria for MetS or not. Fasting serum glucose, lipid profile, insulin, HOMA-IR and vitamin D levels were measured. Two sample “t” test and Mann-Whitney U tests were used to compare the differences. Pearson and Spearman correlation tests were used to observe the correlations.
Results: BMI (p=0.001), waist/hip ratio (p=0.001), systolic blood pressure (p=0.010), diastolic blood pressure (p=0.010), fasting serum TGs (p = 0.001), TG/HDL ratio (p=0.001), fasting blood sugar (p=0.010), fasting serum insulin (p = 0.001) and HOMA-IR (p=0.001) were significantly high in MetS positive than MetS negative subjects.
In MetS Positive subjects, serum vitamin D levels were found to have negative correlation with serum LDL (r= -0.485, p=0.001), total cholesterol (r= -0.408, p=0.007) and total cholesterol/HDL ratio (r= -0.355, p=0.019). Moreover, serum vitamin D levels were found to have positive correlation with HDL/LDL ratio (r= 0.443, p=0.003). Other components of MetS did not show significant correlation with serum vitamin D levels in MetS positive subjects. In MetS negative subjects, serum vitamin D levels did not show any significant correlation with any of the study parameters.
Conclusions: Serum vitamin D levels were correlated with a number of MetS components which may be controlled by optimizing vitamin D levels.

Key words: Blood pressure, Body mass index, Dyslipidemia, Insulin Resistance, Vitamin D


 
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Mudassar Ali Roomi, Ansa Farooq, Ehsan Ullah, Khalid Parvez Lone. Serum vitamin D levels and the components of metabolic syndrome: an analytical cross-sectional study. RMJ. 2015; 40(1): 2-6.


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Mudassar Ali Roomi, Ansa Farooq, Ehsan Ullah, Khalid Parvez Lone. Serum vitamin D levels and the components of metabolic syndrome: an analytical cross-sectional study. RMJ. 2015; 40(1): 2-6.



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Mudassar Ali Roomi, Ansa Farooq, Ehsan Ullah, Khalid Parvez Lone. Serum vitamin D levels and the components of metabolic syndrome: an analytical cross-sectional study. RMJ. (2015), [cited December 07, 2023]; 40(1): 2-6.



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Mudassar Ali Roomi, Ansa Farooq, Ehsan Ullah, Khalid Parvez Lone (2015) Serum vitamin D levels and the components of metabolic syndrome: an analytical cross-sectional study. RMJ, 40 (1), 2-6.



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Mudassar Ali Roomi, Ansa Farooq, Ehsan Ullah, Khalid Parvez Lone. 2015. Serum vitamin D levels and the components of metabolic syndrome: an analytical cross-sectional study. Rawal Medical Journal, 40 (1), 2-6.



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Mudassar Ali Roomi, Ansa Farooq, Ehsan Ullah, Khalid Parvez Lone. "Serum vitamin D levels and the components of metabolic syndrome: an analytical cross-sectional study." Rawal Medical Journal 40 (2015), 2-6.



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Mudassar Ali Roomi, Ansa Farooq, Ehsan Ullah, Khalid Parvez Lone. "Serum vitamin D levels and the components of metabolic syndrome: an analytical cross-sectional study." Rawal Medical Journal 40.1 (2015), 2-6. Print.



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Mudassar Ali Roomi, Ansa Farooq, Ehsan Ullah, Khalid Parvez Lone (2015) Serum vitamin D levels and the components of metabolic syndrome: an analytical cross-sectional study. Rawal Medical Journal, 40 (1), 2-6.