A master’s thesis in the College of Science/University of Kirkuk discusses the effect of vitamin K deficiency on a number of physiological and biochemical parameters in women with cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease in the city of Kirkuk

The discussion took place in the College of Science/Department of biology, entitled “The Effect of Vitamin K Deficiency on a Number of Physiological and Biochemical Parameters in Women Suffering from Cardiovascular Diseases and Chronic Kidney Diseases in the City of Kirkuk,” by the student Omaima Abdel-Karim Mohieddin Ahmed, under the supervision of Professor Dr. Widad Mahmoud Lahmoud Al-Obaidi.

The study, which was discussed in the presence of the Dean of the College of Sciences, Assistant Professor Dr. Neama Ali Ahmed, the Scientific Associate Professor Dr. Mohsin Omar Mohammed, the Head of the biology Department, Assistant Professor Dr. Yasser Hamad Hamada, and a number of the college’s lecturers, the study included investigating the effect of vitamin K deficiency on some of the physiological and biochemical variables in Patients with cardiovascular diseases and chronic kidney diseases in the city of Kirkuk and its suburbs and their repercussions and negative effects on the health of the heart, blood vessels and bones.
The study concluded a decrease in the concentration of vitamin K and the level of the matrix protein Gla protein in patients with myocardial infarction, atherosclerosis, and chronic kidney disease, and a decrease in the level of osteocalcin protein with an increase in parathyroid hormone in patients with chronic kidney disease. The results also showed an increase in the level of basal phosphatase, urea, creatine, body mass index, and the level of harmful fats in the groups affected by myocardial infarction and atherosclerosis compared with the control group.

The researcher recommended the need to conduct other studies to evaluate the effect of taking vitamin K2 supplements on the level of stress hormones in women with polycystic ovary syndrome, clarify the role of osteocalcin in the immune aspect and its function as an immune cytokine in osteoporosis, and study the relationship of vitamin K with a number of biochemical variables for patients with thyroid disorder. And the use of vitamin K-based proteins to diagnose, treat and predict a number of health conditions