Low Vitamin D Levels Associated With Chronic Pain In Women

SOURCE: Medical News Today

DATE:  August 12, 2008

EXCERPT:  "Low vitamin D levels may contribute to chronic pain among women, suggests research published ahead of print in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.   ....  The extent of chronic widespread pain did not vary among men according to vitamin D levels. However, this was not the case for women."  more

RELATED PUBMED LINK:

Atherton K, Berry DJ, Parsons T, Macfarlane GJ, Power C, Hypponen E. Abstract. Vitamin D and chronic widespread pain in a white middle-aged British population: evidence from a cross-sectional population survey. Ann Rheum Dis. 2008 Aug 12. [Epub ahead of print]. doi: 10.1136/ard/2008.090456.  Free full text article