VITAMIN D STATUS IN PATIENTS WITH MENTAL DISORDERS: A CROSS-SECTIONAL ANALYSIS OF SINGLE COHORT FROM ROUTINE PRACTICE

Autor: Ristić Svetlana, Kocić Sanja S, Milovanović Dragomir, Mihajlović Goran, Mihailović Nataša, Tomić-Lučić Aleksandra, Živanović Sandra
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Popis: Context.Clinical research suggested that vitamin D deficiency correlates with mental illnesses. Objective. The aim was to prove that the patients from the psychiatric health care service in Serbia had higher vitamin D deficiency than patients from general practice. Design. The study had a cross-sectional design. Methods. The study included 47 patients aged 19 – 76 of both sexes with different mental disorders. We performed sample size calculation on available data for vitamin D deficiency in patients in health care facilities compared with the general population. The concentrations of vitamin D in serums were measured by HPLC (high performance/pressure liquid chromatography). Results. The mean value of vitamin D (standard deviation) in the whole group of study subjects was 16.27(10.62) ng/mL; 68.1% of the patients had a deficiency of vitamin D (25(OH)DConclusions. The patients of psychiatry health care had significantly higher frequency of vitamin D deficiency than expected. There is a significant association between serum levels of vitamin D, and phosphate and sodium.
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