Vitamin D Levels Among Rheumatoid Arthritis Sudanese Patients: Prevalence and Correlation to Disease Activity - A Bicentric Study.
Mohamed Elfaith Mustafa MohamedZiryab Imad TahaSalih Boushra HamzaYassin Abdelrahim AbdallaSufian K NoorJimmy Girgis William AbdelnourPublished in: Open access rheumatology : research and reviews (2023)
Most adult Sudanese rheumatoid arthritis patients showed low vitamin D levels (87.8%), which was also significantly correlated with increased disease activity (P-value <0.05). Moreover, the prevalence of low vitamin D levels was significantly higher than in numerous countries worldwide.
Keyphrases
- disease activity
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- rheumatoid arthritis
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- ankylosing spondylitis
- juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- ejection fraction
- interstitial lung disease
- prognostic factors
- patient reported outcomes