High Prevalence of Untreated and Undertreated Vitamin D Deficiency and Insufficiency in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Autor:	Viktor Domislović, Darija Vranešić Bender, Ana Barišić, Marko Brinar, Dina Ljubas Kelečić, Cecilija Rotim, Martin Novosel, Marija Matašin, Željko Krznarić
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	Inflammatory bowel diseases Vitamin D deficiency Crohn’s disease Colitis ulcerative Medicine
Zdroj:	Acta Clinica Croatica, Vol 59., Iss 1., Pp 109-117 (2020)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	0353-9466 1333-9451
DOI:	10.20471/acc.2020.59.01.13
Popis:	Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients with vitamin D deficiency show an increased risk of hospital admission, surgery, and loss of response to biologic therapy while high vitamin D levels are identified as a protective factor. Our goal was to investigate the prevalence of untreated and undertreated vitamin D deficiency and factors associated with vitamin D deficiency. In this cross-sectional study, we measured serum vitamin D in a random sample of Caucasian IBD patients. Vitamin D deficiency was defined as
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