Does vitamin D play a role in uterine fibroids? A case control study
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چکیده
Uterine fibroids are monoclonal tumors of uterine smooth muscle cells. They found in 20-40% females the reproductive age group. Ovarian hormones play an important role its etiology. Recent studies have shown that low serum 25(OH)vitamin D levels associated with increased risk fibroids. To investigate association between vitamin and A case control study was conducted a tertiary care hospital among 183 women 18-50 years who attended obstetrics gynecology department same group had no attending comprehensive health checkup clinic. Serum were estimated both groups by electrochemiluminescence immunoassay. Statistical analysis performed using IBM SPSS version 20.0. P value <0.05 considered statistically significant. The mean 25(OH) 15.03 ± 6.996 ng/mL 16.629 8.020 without There significant difference (P-0.132). to be deficient irrespective presence or absence Hence, it can concluded 366 could not find direct
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: PANACEA JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['2348-7682', '2249-8176']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18231/j.pjms.2023.062