Middle Eastern women living in Sweden 23X higher risk to be anxious if low vitamin D – Feb 2020

Vitamin D Status Was Not Associated With Anxiety, Depression, or Health-Related Quality of Life in Middle Eastern and African-born Immigrants in Sweden

Nutr Res, 75, 109-118 2020 Feb 8, DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2020.02.006
Lena E Granlund 1, Anna K Ramnemark 2, Christer Andersson 3, Marie C Lindkvist 4, Margareta Norberg 5, Eva M Fhärm 6

VitaminDWiki

Huge discrepancy between the title of the study and the data (Title: not associated, Data: 23X more likely in those <20 ng)
Middle East and Vitamin D

Anxiety studies include

14+ VitaminDWiki pages with ANXIETY in title
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Items found: 15

Title		Modified
International Adolescent Anxiety and suicide rates - GBD April 2024		07 Apr, 2024
Half as much anxiety and sleep problems if get lots of vitamin D from food (excluded getting D from supplements) – Feb 2024		23 Feb, 2024
Anxiety, Vitamin D, Omega-3 - many studies		23 Feb, 2024
Low Vitamin D is associated with risk of Depression 5X, Stress 4.8 X, and Anxiety 3.9 X (Saudi Arabia college students) – July 2023		29 Jul, 2023
Parkinson’s – Vitamin D, bone density, insomnia, falls, poor sleep, anxiety – March 2019		10 May, 2023
Anxiety and Depression decreased in senior prediabetics with weekly 25,000 IU of Vitamin D – RCT Sept 2022		22 Dec, 2022
Depression and Anxiety treatment with Vitamin D - probable molecular pathways - June 2022		21 Dec, 2022
Coronary Artery Disease Chest Pain, Anxiety, and Fatigue associated with low vitamin D – Oct 2022		07 Oct, 2022
Anxiety, depression, and suicide have recently surged (Note: Vitamin D, Omega-3, and Magnesium help) – May 2022		29 May, 2022
General Anxiety Disorder treated by weekly Vitamin D (50,000 IU -Omega-3, Mg also help) – Sept 2019		09 Dec, 2019
Omega-3 reduces Depression. Anxiety, Stress, PTSD, etc. – Aug 2018		02 Sep, 2019
Happy Nurses Project gave Omega-3 for 3 months – reduced depression, insomnia, anxiety, etc for a year – RCT July 2018		10 Nov, 2018
Anxiety severity reduced if more than 2 grams of Omega-3 – meta-analysis Sept 2018		19 Sep, 2018
Why is teen anxiety increasing so much (no mention of Magnesium, Vitamin D nor Omega-3) – Oct 2017		11 Oct, 2017
Salmon intervention (vitamin D and Omega-3) improved heart rate variability and reduced anxiety – Nov 2014		11 Feb, 2015

Active vitamin D is a neurosteroid that may modulate brain function. Associations between vitamin D deficiency and depression and anxiety have been demonstrated. We hypothesized that there was an association between anxiety, depression, and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and vitamin D status. To test this hypothesis, we examined the association between anxiety, depression, and HRQOL and 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) concentrations in the Middle Eastern and African-born immigrant population. All immigrants aged 25-65 years, born in 9 African or Middle Eastern countries, and living in 3 districts in Umeå (n = 1306) were invited, with 195 English- or Swedish-speaking immigrants (104 men and 91 women) participated. Anxiety and depression were measured using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale. HRQOL was measured using EuroQoL-5 Dimension 3 Level Questionnaire and EuroQoL Visual Analogue Scale. Serum 25(OH)D was measured using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Associations were determined using logistic and linear regression. Analyses were adjusted for sex, age, origin, socioeconomic factors, lifestyle, chronic diseases, and obesity. In total, 71% had 25(OH)D less than 50 nmol/L and 11% had 25(OH)D less than 25 nmol/L. Anxiety, depression, and HRQOL were not associated with 25(OH)D in the immigrant population.
Anxiety was common in female immigrants from the Middle East (32.7%); and after adjustment, lower 25(OH)D concentrations were associated with higher risk of anxiety (25[OH]D ≤ 49 nmol/L vs 25[OH]D ≥ 50 nmol/L: odds ratio 23.2 [95% confidence interval 1.97 - 271.9] P = .012) in this subgroup only; however, reverse causality could not be excluded. In conclusion, the study showed no association between depression, anxiety, or HRQOL and vitamin D status in the immigrant population.