Association Between Vitamin D Levels and Lower-extremity Deep Vein Thrombosis: a Case-control Study

Overview

Journal Sao Paulo Med J

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2021 Jun 2

PMID 34076230

Citations 4

Authors

Ufuk Turan Kursat Korkmaz

Suleyman Ersoy

Ahmet Yuksel

Humeyra Celik

Erhan Renan Ucaroglu

Yusuf Velioglu

Ayhan Cetinkaya

Deniz Demir

Umut Esen

Kemalettin Erdem

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Abstract

Background: Vitamin D has relationships with pathogenesis and inflammation pathways in many diseases. Its deficiency may make clinicians think not only of supplementation but also of presence of other diseases.

Objective: To investigate the relationship between vitamin D levels and deep vein thrombosis (DVT), given that reduced levels are related to increased risk of cardiovascular diseases.

Design And Setting: Case-control study conducted in the cardiovascular surgery and family medicine departments of a hospital in Turkey.

Methods: A total of 280 participants were included: 140 each in the DVT and control groups. Basic clinical characteristics, comorbidities and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) levels were recorded and then compared between the groups. Serum 25(OH)D levels were also evaluated separately in three subgroups (sufficient, insufficient and deficient).

Results: Serum 25(OH)D levels were significantly lower in the DVT group than in the controls (P < 0.001). Females in the DVT group had lower 25(OH)D levels than those in the control group (P = 0.002). Nonetheless, the median 25(OH)D level (16.41 ng/ml) of the control group was still below the reference value. Logistic regression analysis showed that 25(OH)D was a significant predictor of DVT. Weight, height and body mass index, which all presented interaction, were significant in the logistic regression analysis but not in individual analyses.

Conclusion: The serum vitamin D levels of DVT patients were lower than those of controls. If the results obtained from our study are supported by further large-scale randomized controlled trials, vitamin D replacement may be brought into the agenda for protection against DVT.

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