Persistence of vitamin D deficiency among Italian patients with acute myocardial infarction

Copyright © 2024 The Italian Diabetes Society, the Italian Society for the Study of Atherosclerosis, the Italian Society of Human Nutrition and the Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Federico II University. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved..

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Vitamin D deficiency is a common cardiovascular risk factor associated with the development of atherosclerosis. We evaluated changes in 25(OH)D concentrations in 1510 patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) over a long observation period, including the COVID-19 pandemic.

METHODS AND RESULTS: Patients were separated into four groups according to the year of enrolment, group 1 (2009-2010), group 2 (2014-2016), group 3 (2017-2019), and group 4 (2020-2022). The median 25(OH)D concentration in the overall cohort was 17.15 (10.3-24.7) ng/mL. The median plasma concentrations of 25(OH)D for groups 1, 2, 3, and 4 were 14.45 (7.73-22.58) ng/mL, 17.3 ng/mL (10.33-24.2), 18.95 (11.6-26.73) ng/mL and 19.05 (12.5-27.3) ng/mL, respectively. Although 25(OH)D levels increased over the years, the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency remained high in each group (68.4%, 61.4%, 53.8%, and 52% respectively). Hypovitaminosis D was predicted by the season influence (OR:2.03, p < 0.0001), higher body mass index (OR:1.25; p = 0.001), diabetes mellitus (OR:1.54; p = 0.001), smoking (OR:1.47; p = 0.001), older age (OR:1.07; p = 0.008), higher triglycerides levels (OR:1.02; p = 0.01), and female gender (OR:1.3; p = 0.038). After multivariable adjustment, vitamin D ≤ 20 ng/mL was an independent predictor of mortality.

CONCLUSION: Vitamin D deficiency is highly prevalent and persistent in patients with AMI despite a trend towards increasing 25(OH)D concentrations over the years. The frequent lockdowns did not reduce the levels of 25(OH)D in the fourth group. Low levels of 25(OH)D are an independent predictor of mortality.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:34

Enthalten in:

Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD - 34(2024), 5 vom: 28. Apr., Seite 1283-1294

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Aleksova, Aneta [VerfasserIn]
Janjusevic, Milijana [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Xin Ning Oriana [VerfasserIn]
Zandonà, Lorenzo [VerfasserIn]
Chicco, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Stenner, Elisabetta [VerfasserIn]
Beltrami, Antonio Paolo [VerfasserIn]
D'Errico, Stefano [VerfasserIn]
Sinagra, Gianfranco [VerfasserIn]
Marketou, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Fluca, Alessandra Lucia [VerfasserIn]
Zwas, Donna R [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

1406-16-2
Acute myocardial infarction
COVID-19
Journal Article
Outcome
Prevalence
Vitamin D
Vitamin D deficiency

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Date Completed 09.04.2024

Date Revised 09.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.numecd.2024.02.007

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NLM369840526