| Background: The increasing prevalence of metabolic
syndrome (MS) especially in female population, has
become a major problem in health care systems. In this
regards, it is necessary to identify the risk factors. Vitamin
D deficiency is now proposed as one of the possible risk
factors for metabolic syndrome, we investigated the relationship
between vitamin D status and MS in female.
Methods: We searched observational studies with keywords
Vitamin D, metabolic syndrome, metabolic syndrome
X, insulin-resistance syndrome, metabolic
cardiovascular syndrome and Reaven Syndrome X and
female in pubmed, scopus, science direct, cochrane, web
of science, google scholar and SID databases, regardless of
publication time. Two hundred ninety five studies were
found, and finally only 12 articles were selected according
to exclusion and inclusion criteria.
Results: In nine studies that reported the prevalence of MS,
the prevalence of MS among women with vitamin D deficiency
was higher than female with normal vitamin D (34.5
vs. 30.2%). The prevalence of abdominal obesity, high blood
pressure, high TG and HDL deficiency is higher in women
with vitamin D deficiency. Also, the mean waist circumference,
blood pressure, fast blood sugar (FBS), TG and BMI
were higher. The most incident factor was high blood
pressure (61.4 vs. 56.5%) and the lowest prevalence is
associated with high FBS (32.2 vs. 33.5% in the other group).
Conclusion: The prevalence of MS is significantly associated
with vitamin D deficiency, and among related factors,
HDL, TG and blood pressure are statistically associated
with vitamin D status. |