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SynthesisSystematic reviews2021

Vitamin D status and blood pressure in children and adolescents: a systematic review of observational studies.

Myriam Abboud, Fatme Al Anouti, Dimitrios Papandreou, Rana Rizk, Nadine Mahboub, Suzan Haidar

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Synthesis in Systematic reviews, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Myriam AbboudDepartment of Health, College of Natural and Health Sciences, Zayed University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Myriam.abboud@zu.ac.ae.ORCID 0000-0001-8025-7823
Fatme Al AnoutiDepartment of Health, College of Natural and Health Sciences, Zayed University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Dimitrios PapandreouDepartment of Health, College of Natural and Health Sciences, Zayed University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Rana RizkInstitut National de Santé Publique, d'Épidémiologie Clinique et de Toxicologie (INSPECT-Lb), Beirut, Lebanon.
Nadine MahboubLebanese International University, Beirut, Lebanon.
Suzan HaidarLebanese International University, Beirut, Lebanon.
Zayed University · AELebanese International University · LBMaastricht University · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundChildhood hypertension is a growing public health problem. Simultaneously, hypovitaminosis D is widespread in this population and could be associated with hypertension. This study systematically reviewed the literature on the relationship between vitamin D status and blood pressure (BP) in children and adolescents.

methodsFollowing the PRISMA guidelines, PUBMED, MEDLINE, CINAHL, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, and ClinicalTrials.gov and the gray literature without language or time restrictions were searched. We included observational studies, assessed their risk of bias, and extracted data on population characteristics, vitamin D status and BP measurements, and the association between the two variables. A narrative analysis of the studies was performed.

resultsIn total, 85 studies were included. Prospective cohort studies showed no association between vitamin D and BP, and generally, they were flawed. Also, the majority of non-prospective cohort studies (cross-sectional, retrospective, case-control) did not report an association between vitamin D and BP. They were mostly flawed regarding BP measurement and adjusting to potential confounders.

conclusionThe results on the relationship between vitamin D status and BP in children and adolescents varied between the studies, and mainly pointed towards lack of association.

Indexed as

Vitamin DAdolescentBlood PressureChildCross-Sectional StudiesHumansObservational Studies as TopicProspective StudiesRetrospective StudiesVitamin DAdolescentsBlood pressureChildrenSystematic reviewVitamin D

Identifiers

PMID33618764
PMCPMC7898425
OpenAlexW3130136551

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