RESEARCH PAPER
Vitamin D, calcium and phosphorus status in children with short stature – effect of growth hormone therapy
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Department of Paediatric Endocrinology and Neurology, Medical University, Lublin, Poland
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Department of Orthodontics, Medical University, Lublin, Poland
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Department of Endocrinology, Medical University, Lublin, Poland
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Students’ Scientific Society, Chair and Department of Jaw Orthopaedics, Medical University, Lublin, Poland
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Department of Oral Medicine, Medical University, Lublin, Poland
Corresponding author
Ann Agric Environ Med. 2021;28(4):686–691
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ABSTRACT
Objective:
The aim of the study was to assess the level of calcium, phosphorus and vitamin D in the blood of patients treated for short stature (SS).
Material and methods:
The study encompassed 110 children treated for somatotropin hypopituitarism (SHP) in the Department of Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology at the Medical University of Lublin. The levels of calcium, phosphorus and vitamin D were marked for both groups in the peripheral blood collected on a routine basis for diagnostic examinations. The parameters were compared within the group of children with SHP, both the patients who were about to start the therapy and those in the course of the therapy as well as between the research group (110 children) and the control group.
Results:
The results obtained were compared with the results in the control group that comprised 41 children with a general good health status, although with nasal septum deviation treated in the Department of Paediatric Otolaryngology at the Medical University of Lublin.
Conclusions:
On the basis of the research performed, the following conclusions were drawn: 1) children with SHP were characterised with calcium-phosphorus imbalance. The level of calcium, phosphorus and vitamin D was diminished. The values did not change due to a several-year hormone growth treatment (HGT). 2) the level of calcium and phosphorus was appropriate in the control group children, but the vitamin D level was considerably lowered. This shows the necessity for vitamin D control and supplementation, not only in children with SS.
The aim of the study was to assess the level of calcium, phosphorus and vitamin D in the blood of patients treated for short stature (SS).
Material and methods:
The study encompassed 110 children treated for somatotropin hypopituitarism (SHP) in the Department of Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology at the Medical University of Lublin. The levels of calcium, phosphorus and vitamin D were marked for both groups in the peripheral blood collected on a routine basis for diagnostic examinations. The parameters were compared within the group of children with SHP, both the patients who were about to start the therapy and those in the course of the therapy as well as between the research group (110 children) and the control group.
Results:
The results obtained were compared with the results in the control group that comprised 41 children with a general good health status, although with nasal septum deviation treated in the Department of Paediatric Otolaryngology at the Medical University of Lublin.
Conclusions:
On the basis of the research performed, the following conclusions were drawn: 1) children with SHP were characterised with calcium-phosphorus imbalance. The level of calcium, phosphorus and vitamin D was diminished. The values did not change due to a several-year hormone growth treatment (HGT). 2) the level of calcium and phosphorus was appropriate in the control group children, but the vitamin D level was considerably lowered. This shows the necessity for vitamin D control and supplementation, not only in children with SS.
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