Does Vitamin D Deficiency Correlates with Metabolic Syndrome in Egyptian Population

Background: Metabolic syndrome (MS) has become a serious health problem worldwide and it is a major cause of morbidity and mortality especially from cardiovascular diseases. Different factors involved in pathogenesis like environmental, genetic, and sedentary life. Recent studies demonstrates that Vitamin D3 deficiency has a growing role in pathogenesis of MS. Many studies had addressed the relationship between serum Vitamin D3 and metabolic syndrome but to the best of our knowledge, few studies about this relationship in Egyptian population.