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. 2013 Jan 30;8(1):e55275. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055275

Table 1. Summary of the selected studies.

Ref. Year Country Study design Study population Findings/Conclusions Statistical findings
[31] 2006 United States Cross sectional Case-control 123 recently diagnosed SLE 240 controls Lower vitamin D levels is associated with a. presence of renal disease b. photosensitivity. OR 13.3, p<0.01 OR 12.9, p<0.01
[9] 2008 Spain Cross sectional Cohort 92 SLE No relation was seen between vitamin D and disease duration, SLEDAI, SLICC-ACR or VAS indexes.
[27] 2008 United States Cross sectional Cohort 37 female SLE Vitamin D deficiency was associated with a. lower global assessment scores, However, levels of dsDNA were higher in the group with levels of vitamin D that were greater than 47.7 nmol/L p< or  = 0.003p = 0.0069
[32] 2009 Canada Cross sectional Cohort 124 SLE Vitamin D levels showed no correlation with bone mineral density p = 0.26
[15] 2009 Brazil Cross sectional Case-control 36 SLE 26 controls Vitamin D level was associated witha. SLEDAI,b. osteocalcinc. bone-specific alkaline phosphatase. r = −0.65, p<0.001)r = 0.35r = −0.17,
[10] 2009 United States Cross sectionalCohort 181 female SLE Lower vitamin D levels were significantly associated with highera. diastolic blood pressureb. low-density lipoprotein cholesterol,c. lipoprotein(a)d.fibrinogen levelse. self-reported hypertensionf. diabetes mellitusg. SLEDAIh. SLICC.With further adjustment for BMI, these associations were no longer significant. p = 0.034p = 0.013p = 0.024p = 0.000p = 0.016,OR 0.68p = 0.032, OR 0.49p = 0.001p = 0.003
[11] 2010 Spain Prospective cohort,those with low baseline vitamin D levels were supplemented with oral vitamin D(3) 80 SLE Inverse significant correlations between vitamin D levels and the VAS(fatigue)Changes in vitamin D levels correlated with changes in the VAS in patients with baseline vitamin D levels <30 ng/mlNo significant correlationsbetween the vitamin D levels and:a. SLEDAIb. SDI p = 0.001p = 0.017p = 0.87p = 0.63
[16] 2010 Israel Cross sectionalCohort study 378 SLE(European and Israeli patients) A significant negative correlation between the serum concentration of vitamin D and the SLEDAI-2K and ECLAM scales r = −0.12,p = 0.018.
[17] 2011 Egypt Cross sectionalCase-control 60 SLE60 controls Serum vitamin D levels were lower witha. increased SLEDAI score,b. frequency of photosensitivity OR: 2.72,p = 0.002OR: 3.6,p<0.01
[18] 2011 Iran Cross sectionalCohort study 40 SLE Serum vitamin D concentration was inversely correlated with the BILAG index score.Vitamin D deficiency was associated witha. higher concentrations of liver enzymes,b. lower serum albumin and hemoglobin concentrationsc. higher titers of antibodies to double-stranded DNA (ds-DNA). r = −0.486,p = 0.001p<0.05p<0.05p<0.001
[25] 2011 United States Cross sectionalCase-control 32 SLE32 controls Vitamin D deficiency was associated witha. higher B cell activationb. higher serum IFNalpha activity p = 0.009p = 0.02
[12] 2011 Korea Cross sectionalCase-control 104 SLE49 controls The serum vitamin D levels, were positively correlated only witha. hemoglobinb. serum complement 3but not witha. SLEDAIb. SLICC beta = 0.256, p = 0.018beta = 0.365, p = 0.002beta = −0.04,p = 0.742beta  = −0.052,p = 0.62
[19] 2011 Hungary Cross sectionalCohort 177 SLE Reduced vitamin D levels were associated with :a. pericarditisb. neuropsychiatric diseasesc. deep vein thrombosisd. higher SLEDAI scoree. higher anti-double-stranded (ds)DNA autoantibody concentrations,f. higher anti-Smith antigen (anti-Sm) concentrationsg. lower C4 levelsh. higher immunoglobulin (Ig)G concentration p = 0.013p = 0.010p = 0.014p = 0.038p = 0.021p<0.001p = 0.027p = 0.034
[28] 2012 Australia Cross sectionalCase-control 24 SLE21 controls Fatigue was not related to vitamin D status
[13] 2012 Spain Cross sectionalCohort study 73 SLE No correlation between vitamin D deficiency anda. SLEDAI scoreb. SLICC/ACR score p = 0.310p = 0.820
[14] 2012 Hong Kong Cross sectionalCohort study 290 SLE Vitamin D correlated inversely and significantly witha. clinical SLE activityb. anti-C1qc. anti-dsDNA titers,d. but not with complement levels or damage scores. r = −0.26;p<0.001r = −0.14;p = 0.020r = −0.13;p = 0.020
[20] 2012 Hong Kong Cross sectionalCohort 290 SLE Levels of vitamin D correlated inversely witha. PGA,b. total SLEDAI scoresvitamin D deficiency had significantly highera. total/high-density lipoprotein(HDL) cholesterol ratiob. prevalence of antiphospholipid syndromeNo association could be demonstrated between vitamin D level and atherosclerosis beta −0.20;p = 0.003beta −0.19;p = 0.003p = 0.02p = 0.007
[21] 2012 Malaysia ProspectiveCohort 38premenopausal SLE There was a significant negative correlation between SLEDAI scores and vitamin D levels. p = 0.033
[26] 2012 Poland Cross sectionalCase-control 49 SLE.49 controls Vitamin D deficiency was associated witha. renal diseaseb. leucopeniac. lower serum concentrations of IL-23) p = 0.006p = 0.047p = 0.037
[23] 2012 Brazil Cross sectionalCase control 78 SLE64 controls No statistically significant association was observed between vitamin D deficiency and the following:a. disease activity (SLEDAI >6)b. fatiguec. anti-DNA p = 0.971p = 0.808p = 0.435
[22] 2012 UnitedKingdom Cross sectionalCohort 75 SLE Patients with vitamin D deficiency had highera. BMIb. insulin resistance.c. SLEDAI-2KAortic stiffness was inversely associated with serum vitamin D independently of BMI, CVD risk factors and serum insulin.There was no association between vitamin D and carotid plaque and intima media thickness. p = 0.014p = 0.023p = 0.031beta = −0.0217p = 0.010
[29] 2012 UnitedStates Cross sectionalCohort 51 SLE vitamin D levels inversely correlated with age-adjusted total plaque area. r = –0.33,p = 0.018