(NaturalPath) A study out of the University of Manchester found that there is a correlation between low amounts of vitamin D and chronic widespread pain. The participants included men aged 40-79 from eight European centers for a longitudinal study of male aging. Many factors were evaluated including lifestyle, health factors, physical characteristics, along with a fasting blood sample.
The results of the study were the 2,313 men that had a mean age of 58.8 years of age were more likely to develop chronic widespread pain after adjusting for age, center, physical performance and a number of comorbidities. Although, after further adjusting for BMI or depression, the association was rendered non-significant.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4715359/
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