Research Article
Zakir Hossain Howlader*
Abstract
Background The prevalence of metabolic syndrome is on the rise in developing countries like Bangladesh along with decreasing Vitamin D levels. As women are more vulnerable to metabolic syndrome and vitamin D deficiency, and connection among these were reported in various population, this research aims to quantify the association between vitamin D and metabolic syndrome and its components among Bangladeshi women from urban area. Methods Necessary data were collected from 233 participants over the period of five months from 2015 to 2016 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Concentration of Triglyceride, High Density Lipoprotein (HDL) levels, fasting plasma glucose were measured with kits and vitamin D analysis was performed using High Performance Liquid Chromatography. Results In this study, the prevalence of metabolic syndrome among the population was found to be 59.66%. When the subjects were divided into different quarters according to vitamin D sufficiency levels, subjects in all the quarters had significantly lower odds ratios of having metabolic syndrome compared to the lowest quarter. Conclusion The number of metabolic syndrome components were found to be inversely correlated with Vitamin D level and individual components were found to be correlated with Vitamin D, indicating the inverse association between vitamin D and prevalence of risk of metabolic syndrome.