Vitamin D deficiency in a pediatric population with sickle cell disease.

• Tác giả: Josefina Aparecida Pellegrini Braga, Gerson Ferrari, Mauro Fisberg, Thiago de Souza Vilela
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Thông tin xuất bản: England : Pediatric hematology and oncology , 2025
• Bộ sưu tập: NCBI
• ID: 217307

Tóm tắt

Pediatric patients with sickle cell disease and vitamin D deficiency have worse clinical and laboratory outcomes. This study aims to quantify the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in this population and identify possible risk factors for hypovitaminosis D by performing a cross-sectional study with children aged 3-18 years old with sickle cell disease. Sixty patients were evaluated, with a mean age of 10.80 + 4.21 years. The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency was 46.7% (21.02 ± 8.47 ng/mL). Patients were clustered into two groups regarding vitamin D deficiency (25-OH-