Serum vitamin D levels in a cohort of adult and pediatric patients with eosinophilic esophagitis

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BACKGROUND: Vitamin D deficiency has been associated with increased risk for severe asthma, challenge-proven food allergy, and severe atopic dermatitis. Vitamin D levels have not been reported in patients with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE).

OBJECTIVE: To determine levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D in a cohort of patients with EoE.

METHODS: Total serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D was measured using liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectroscopy in adults (n = 35) and children (n = 34) with EoE. Results were compared with patient demographics, EoE-specific disease parameters, markers of sensitization, and features of severity using multivariable logistic regression.

RESULTS: The median vitamin D level was 28.9 ng/mL. Patients with insufficient vitamin D (<30 ng/mL) were older (median 25.5 vs 16.2 years) and had a higher body mass index (median 25.2 vs 19.8 kg/m(2)). Peak median esophageal eosinophil counts were not significantly different for vitamin D insufficient and sufficient patient groups; however, higher vitamin D levels correlated with higher histologic eosinophil counts (R = 0.61, P = .03). Although there were no statistical differences in total IgE or levels of specific IgE between patients with vitamin D insufficiency and those with sufficiency, a positive skin prick test reaction to peanut was more common in patients who had vitamin D insufficiency (adjusted odds ratio 7.57, P = .009). Vitamin D insufficiency was not associated with surrogate markers of severity (dilation in adults or hospitalization or emergency visits in children).

CONCLUSION: In these patients with EoE, vitamin D levels were low overall (median <30 ng/mL). The only marker of sensitization associated with insufficient vitamin D in these patients with EoE was a positive skin prick test reaction to peanut.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:115

Enthalten in:

Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology - 115(2015), 1 vom: 15. Juli, Seite 45-50

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Slack, Maria A [VerfasserIn]
Ogbogu, Princess U [VerfasserIn]
Phillips, Gary [VerfasserIn]
Platts-Mills, Thomas A E [VerfasserIn]
Erwin, Elizabeth A [VerfasserIn]

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1406-16-2
25-hydroxyvitamin D
37341-29-0
A288AR3C9H
Allergens
Immunoglobulin E
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Vitamin D

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Date Completed 10.09.2015

Date Revised 13.11.2018

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.anai.2015.04.016

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NLM249304783