Prevalence of severe hypovitaminosis D in patients with persistent, nonspecific musculoskeletal pain.

By G. Plotnikoff, J. Quigley. Mayo Clinic proceedings, 2003

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Evaluation, treatment, and prevention of vitamin D deficiency: an Endocrine Society clinical practice guideline. (2011, background): “However,osteomalaciacausesadecrease in BMDandisassociatedwith isolatedorgeneralizedachesand pains in bones and muscles (48, 49).”
Vitamin D and Diabetes Let the Sunshine In (2008, background): “The complaint of bone pain is a distinction between osteoporosis and osteomalacia.(48)”
Vitamin D deficiency: a worldwide problem with health consequences. (2008, background): “These patients may be misdiagnosed with fibromyalgia, dysthymia, degenerative joint disease, arthritis, chronic fatigue syndrome, and other diseases (10, 25, 28).”
Vitamin D deficiency in adults: when to test and how to treat. (2010, background): “Some studies and numerous anecdotal observations report vitamin D deficiency in 80% to 90% of children and adults with pain, myalgias, and weakness.(11) However, few high-quality interventional studies support a causal relationship between vitamin D deficiency and pain.”
Prevalence of Vitamin D inadequacy among postmenopausal North American women receiving osteoporosis therapy. (2005, background): “The great majority of subjects in our study were Caucasian; thus, we could not fully assess the prevalence of vitamin D inadequacy in nonCaucasians, although, as reported by others, non-Caucasians are likely to have an even higher prevalence of vitamin D inadequacy (46, 47).”