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| LETTER TO THE EDITOR |
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| Year : 2023 | Volume
: 38
| Issue : 1 | Page : 125 |
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Vitamin D status among patients with chronic low back pain attending a tertiary care hospital: A cross-sectional study
Mahmood Dhahir Al-Mendalawi
Department of Paediatrics, Al-Kindy College of Medicine, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq
| Date of Submission | 28-Dec-2022 |
| Date of Acceptance | 30-Dec-2022 |
| Date of Web Publication | 20-Apr-2023 |
Correspondence Address:
Mahmood Dhahir Al-Mendalawi
Department of Paediatrics, Al-Kindy College of Medicine, University of Baghdad, P.O. Box 55302, Baghdad Post Office, Baghdad
Iraq
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/jbjd.jbjd_49_22
How to cite this article:
Al-Mendalawi MD. Vitamin D status among patients with chronic low back pain attending a tertiary care hospital: A cross-sectional study. J Bone Joint Dis 2023;38:125 |
How to cite this URL:
Al-Mendalawi MD. Vitamin D status among patients with chronic low back pain attending a tertiary care hospital: A cross-sectional study. J Bone Joint Dis [serial online] 2023 [cited 2023 Jun 7];38:125. Available from: http://www.jbjd.in/text.asp?2023/38/1/125/374434 |
Dear Editor,
We read with interest the study by Saha et al.[1] published in September–December 2022 issue of the Journal of Bone and Joint Diseases. Saha et al.[1] found that vitamin D (VD) deficiency, insufficiency, and sufficiency were 26.2%, 46.69%, and 27.11% of Indian patients with chronic low backache (CLB) respectively. Accordingly, Saha et al.[1] recommended that supplementation of these patients with VD should be taken into consideration. We believe that the aforementioned study results and recommendations should be cautiously considered. India like other tropical countries has abundant sunshine. However, hypovitaminosis D is a distressing health threat that affects different age groups. The prevalence of hypovitaminosis D in India is reported to vary from 30 to 91.2 percent among adults.[2] Therefore, we believe that accomplishing a case-control study encompassing a cases group with CLB and an age and gender-matched control group is a suitable alternative to accurately assess VD profiles among Indian patients with CLB.
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Conflicts of interest
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| 1. | Saha SP, Deb S, Singh M, Joshy VM, Pandey SK, Khare R, et al. Vitamin D status among patients with chronic low back pain attending a tertiary care hospital: A cross-sectional study. J Bone Joint Dis 2022;37:119-24.  [Full text] |
| 2. | Kamboj P, Dwivedi S, Toteja GS Prevalence of hypovitaminosis D in India & way forward. Indian J Med Res 2018;148:548-56. |
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