Title |
Study protocol: the effect of vitamin D supplements on cardiometabolic risk factors among urban premenopausal women in a tropical country - a randomized controlled trial
|
---|---|
Published in |
BMC Public Health, May 2013
|
DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-13-416 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Mazliza Ramly, Foong Ming Moy, Rokiah Pendek, Suhaili Suboh, Alexander Tan Tong Boon |
Abstract |
Besides its classical role in musculoskeletal diseases, vitamin D deficiency has recently been found to be associated with cardiometabolic risks such as hypertension, diabetes mellitus and hypercholesterolemia. Although Malaysia is a sunshine-abundant country, recent studies found that vitamin D deficiency prevalence was significantly high. However, few published studies that measured its effect on cardiometabolic risk factors were found in Malaysia. There are also limited clinical trials carried out globally that tried to establish the causality of vitamin D and cardiometabolic risks. Therefore, a double blind, parallel, randomized controlled trial on vitamin D and cardiometabolic risks is planned to be carried out.The objective of this study is to investigate whether vitamin D supplements can reduce the cardiometabolic risk and improve the quality of life in urban premenopausal women with vitamin D deficiency. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
United Kingdom | 1 | 50% |
United States | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Malaysia | 2 | 1% |
Brazil | 1 | <1% |
United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
New Zealand | 1 | <1% |
Denmark | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 158 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Student > Bachelor | 25 | 15% |
Student > Master | 22 | 13% |
Student > Postgraduate | 15 | 9% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 9% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 12 | 7% |
Other | 34 | 21% |
Unknown | 41 | 25% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Medicine and Dentistry | 45 | 27% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 27 | 16% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 5% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 7 | 4% |
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 4 | 2% |
Other | 23 | 14% |
Unknown | 50 | 30% |