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| Title |
Low vitamin D and the risk of developing chronic widespread pain: results from the European male ageing study
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| Published in |
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, January 2016
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12891-016-0881-6 |
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| Authors |
Paul S. McCabe, Stephen R. Pye, John Mc Beth, David M. Lee, Abdelouahid Tajar, Gyorgy Bartfai, Steven Boonen, Roger Bouillon, Felipe Casanueva, Joseph D. Finn, Gianni Forti, Aleksander Giwercman, Ilpo T. Huhtaniemi, Krzysztof Kula, Neil Pendleton, Margus Punab, Dirk Vanderschueren, Frederick C. Wu, Terence W. O’Neill, for the EMAS Study Group |
| Abstract |
The association between low levels of vitamin D and the occurrence of chronic widespread pain (CWP) remains unclear. The aim of our analysis was to determine the relationship between low vitamin D levels and the risk of developing CWP in a population sample of middle age and elderly men. Three thousand three hundred sixty nine men aged 40-79 were recruited from 8 European centres for a longitudinal study of male ageing, the European Male Ageing Study. At baseline participants underwent assessment of lifestyle, health factors, physical characteristics and gave a fasting blood sample. The occurrence of pain was assessed at baseline and follow up (a mean of 4.3 years later) by shading painful sites on a body manikin. The presence of CWP was determined using the ACR criteria for fibromyalgia. Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-(OH) D) was assessed by radioimmunoassay. Logistic regression was used to determine the relationship between baseline vitamin D levels and the new occurrence of CWP. Two thousand three hundred thirteen men, mean age 58.8 years (SD = 10.6), had complete pain and vitamin data available and contributed to this analysis. 151 (6.5 %) developed new CWP at follow up and 577 (24.9 %) were pain free at both time points, the comparator group. After adjustment for age and centre, physical performance and number of comorbidities, compared to those in upper quintile of 25-(OH) D ( ≥36.3 ng/mL), those in the lowest quintile (<15.6 ng/mL) were more likely to develop CWP (Odds Ratio [OR] = 1.93; 95 % CI = 1.0-3.6). Further adjustment for BMI (OR = 1.67; 95 % CI = 0.93-3.02) or depression (OR = 1.77; 95 % CI = 0.98-3.21), however rendered the association non-significant. Low vitamin D is linked with the new occurrence of CWP, although this may be explained by underlying adverse health factors, particularly obesity and depression. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 11% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 11% |
| United States | 3 | 9% |
| Guinea | 1 | 3% |
| Chile | 1 | 3% |
| India | 1 | 3% |
| Ireland | 1 | 3% |
| Canada | 1 | 3% |
| Mexico | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 17 | 49% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 31 | 89% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 9% |
| Scientists | 1 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 132 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 24 | 18% |
| Researcher | 16 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 16 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 14 | 10% |
| Other | 7 | 5% |
| Other | 23 | 17% |
| Unknown | 34 | 25% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 46 | 34% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 19 | 14% |
| Psychology | 11 | 8% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 4% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 3% |
| Other | 12 | 9% |
| Unknown | 37 | 28% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 24. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 September 2016.
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#1,391,111
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#266
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#26,123
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#12
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