Vitamin D Deficiency and Its Association With Cardiovascular Diseases Among Patients Attending a Private Tertiary Sector Cardiovascular Heart Clinic in Nairobi.

awareness of cardiovascular diseases cardiometabolic diseases cardiovascular disease and vitamin d deficiency cardiovascular disease prevention framingham cardiovascular risk score high-density lipoprotein kenyatta national hospital retrospective cross-sectional study risk factors of cardiovascular diseases vitamin d deficiency

Journal

Cureus
ISSN: 2168-8184
Titre abrégé: Cureus
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101596737

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Aug 2023
Historique:
accepted: 05 08 2023
medline: 8 9 2023
pubmed: 8 9 2023
entrez: 8 9 2023
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Vitamin D deficiency is a common condition that affects approximately 30-50% of the worldwide population. Vitamin D deficiency is associated with an increased risk of cardiometabolic diseases and is considered a cardiovascular risk factor globally.  Methods: This is a retrospective cross-sectional study that aimed to identify the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and its associations with the cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk profile of patients presenting for cardiac evaluation at Primecare Heart Clinic, a private heart clinic in Nairobi, Kenya, between January 1, 2020 and January 31, 2022. Females with vitamin D deficiency composed 58.87% of the study participants. The average 10-year Framingham CVD risk level of the vitamin D-deficient participants was 7.09%. Participants with vitamin D deficiency that were older and had low serum high-density lipoprotein C (HDL-C) levels and high systolic blood pressure (BP) had a higher risk of CVDs. Male participants were at five times higher risk of CVDs. Vitamin D-deficient patients who were older and had a low HDL cholesterol level and high systolic BP are at a high risk of CVDs. The two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) test value was 345.6992, and the p-value was 0.002884. Our study demonstrated that a low level of vitamin D was associated with a higher Framingham cardiovascular risk score and cardiovascular risk in patients. Nonetheless, this is a retrospective study, which is a major limitation of this study.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Vitamin D deficiency is a common condition that affects approximately 30-50% of the worldwide population. Vitamin D deficiency is associated with an increased risk of cardiometabolic diseases and is considered a cardiovascular risk factor globally.  Methods: This is a retrospective cross-sectional study that aimed to identify the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and its associations with the cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk profile of patients presenting for cardiac evaluation at Primecare Heart Clinic, a private heart clinic in Nairobi, Kenya, between January 1, 2020 and January 31, 2022.
RESULTS RESULTS
Females with vitamin D deficiency composed 58.87% of the study participants. The average 10-year Framingham CVD risk level of the vitamin D-deficient participants was 7.09%. Participants with vitamin D deficiency that were older and had low serum high-density lipoprotein C (HDL-C) levels and high systolic blood pressure (BP) had a higher risk of CVDs. Male participants were at five times higher risk of CVDs. Vitamin D-deficient patients who were older and had a low HDL cholesterol level and high systolic BP are at a high risk of CVDs. The two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) test value was 345.6992, and the p-value was 0.002884.
CONCLUSION CONCLUSIONS
Our study demonstrated that a low level of vitamin D was associated with a higher Framingham cardiovascular risk score and cardiovascular risk in patients. Nonetheless, this is a retrospective study, which is a major limitation of this study.

Identifiants

pubmed: 37680439
doi: 10.7759/cureus.43012
pmc: PMC10480576
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

e43012

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2023, Gachemba et al.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Auteurs

Yubrine M Gachemba (YM)

Cardiology, The Nairobi Hospital, Nairobi, KEN.

Zahid Khan (Z)

Acute Medicine, Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, Southend-on-Sea, GBR.
Cardiology, Barts Heart Centre, London, GBR.
Cardiology and General Medicine, Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, London, GBR.
Cardiology, Royal Free Hospital, London, GBR.

Elijan Njau (E)

Cardiology, The Nairobi Hospital, Nairobi, KEN.

Martin Wanyoike (M)

Cardiology, The Nairobi Hospital, Nairobi, KEN.

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