Odds ratios or and 95 confidence intervals.
Vitamin d and pelvic floor disorders.
There was a 6 decrease in pelvic floor disorders with every 5ng ml increase in vitamin d levels.
The pelvic floor muscles are thought to be affected by vitamin d nutrition status.
Pelvic floor disorders have been linked to low levels of vitamin d.
The relationship between vitamin d status and pelvic floor disorder.
The prevalence of demographic factors pelvic floor disorders and vitamin d levels were determined accounting for the multi stage sampling design.
Here is an article from medscape.
One or more pelvic floor disorders were reported by 23 of the women and average vitamin d levels were significantly lower among those with at least one pelvic floor disorder or incontinence.
Vitamin d levels lower than 30 ng ml were considered insufficient.
They considered vitamin d levels lower than 30 ng ml to be a deficiency.
It seems that vitamin d can improve pelvic muscle strength and reduce pelvic floor disorders including incontinence.
3 age and weight were also found to be risk factors contributing to pelvic floor disorders.
Risk factors for pelvic floor disorders such as age body mass index and parity have been well established nygaard et al.
Vitamin d urinary incontinence association was stronger in older women indicating a 45 reduction in risk of urinary incontinence with vitamin d.
Odds ratios or and 95 confidence intervals ci were calculated to evaluate associations between vitamin d levels and pelvic.
Additionally as women age they are more prone to vitamin d deficiency and pelvic floor disorders.
A random effect model was used due to the heterogeneity among included studies i 2 96 4 p 0 001.
This article reviews several studies including small case and observational that show an association between insufficient vitamin d and pelvic floor disorder.
Urinary incontinence is the most common pelvic floor disorder with a prevalence of up to 67 in parous women wesnes et al.
The results showed that average levels of vitamin d for women with at least one pelvic floor disorder were significantly lower.
Higher levels of vitamin d linked to lower risk of pelvic floor disorders.