Adequate Vitamin D Intake but Low Serum Levels in Pediatric Asthma Patients: A Pilot Study, Alberta Children’s Hospital
| dc.contributor.author | Howe McKenna, Sarah | |
| dc.contributor.author | Fenton, Tanis R. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Noseworthy, Mary | |
| dc.contributor.author | Anselmo, Mark | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-09-27T11:21:59Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-09-27T11:21:59Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016-10-27 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2018-09-27T11:21:59Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background. We assessed vitamin D intakes and serum 25(OH) vitamin D levels in pediatric asthma patients on moderate-to-high dose inhaled steroids and compared them to published findings of healthy children in our city. Methods. Parents and/or patients were interviewed to estimate the children’s vitamin D intakes from foods and supplements (using an adapted validated food frequency questionnaire) and asthma duration and management. Vitamin D status: serum 25-hyroxy vitamin D (25(OH)D) was obtained from the medical records. Results. Vitamin D intakes from food and supplements of the asthma patients (, 742 ± 185 IU/day) were significantly higher compared to healthy Canadian children (, 229 ± 121 IU/day). Despite higher vitamin D intakes, the children had nonsignificantly lower serum 25(OH) vitamin D levels compared to the comparison group. Serum 25(OH)D levels increased by 3.6 nmol/L with each 100 IU of vitamin D intake (95% Confidence interval = 2.0–4.0, = 0.931, and ). Conclusion. Since adequate vitamin D status in asthma patients is necessary to support bone mineral accretion, it is important to achieve adequate vitamin D status by checking serum 25(OH)D status and supplement accordingly. | |
| dc.description.version | Peer Reviewed | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Sarah Howe McKenna, Tanis R. Fenton, Mary Noseworthy, and Mark Anselmo, “Adequate Vitamin D Intake but Low Serum Levels in Pediatric Asthma Patients: A Pilot Study, Alberta Children’s Hospital,” Canadian Respiratory Journal, vol. 2016, Article ID 6982010, 5 pages, 2016. doi:10.1155/2016/6982010 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/6982010 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1880/108118 | |
| dc.language.rfc3066 | en | |
| dc.rights.holder | Copyright © 2016 Sarah Howe McKenna et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. | |
| dc.title | Adequate Vitamin D Intake but Low Serum Levels in Pediatric Asthma Patients: A Pilot Study, Alberta Children’s Hospital | |
| dc.type | Journal Article |