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- Title
The Relationship Between Vitamin D levels and Severity of Menopausal Symptoms.
- Authors
Erturk, Anil; Erturk, Nergis Kender
- Abstract
Aim: Our aim was to investigate the relationship between menopausal symptoms and serum vitamin D levels. Material-Method: We analyzed 110 postmenopausal women aged between 42-65 years among menopause symptoms by using Menopause Rating Scale (MRS) questionnaire. Patients were divided into three groups according to their serum 25-OH vitamin D levels; sufficient (>20 ng/mL), insufficient (12-20 ng/mL), deficient (<12 ng/mL), then compared. Serum vitamin D cut-off level was determined for menopausal symptoms. The correlations between symptoms and vitamin D status were calculated. Results: Vitamin D deficiency was detected in 38,1% (42/110) of the participants. The total MRS score was 22,97±2,71 in Vitamin D deficiency group and significantly higher than others (p<0,001). In deficiency group, somatic, psyhcological and urogenital subscale scores were higher than other groups (p<0,001, p=0,007 and p=0,036, respectively). Evaluation of the correlations among independent variables revealed a negative relationship between vitamin D level and MRS scores. The threshold value at which serum vitamin D causes severe MRS scores in those with sufficient levels was calculated as 25.31 ng/ml. The area under the ROC curve was 0,876 (95% CI, 0,702-1,00, p=0.003). Conclusion: In the present study, a relationship between serum vitamin D levels and menopauserelated symptoms in postmenopausal population was demonstrated. Low levels of vitamin D in menopausal period might aggravate menopause-related symptoms.
- Publication
Journal of General Medicine / Genel Tıp Dergisi, 2022, Vol 32, Issue 5, p559
- ISSN
1301-191X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.54005/geneltip.1148944