Open AccessSerum vitamin D content in children with SARS-CoV-2 infection
Author(s) -
V.N. Peregoedova,
AUTHOR_ID,
I.K. Bogomolova,
AUTHOR_ID
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
sibirskoe medicinskoe obozrenie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2500-0136
pISSN - 1819-9496
DOI - 10.20333/25000136-2021-6-79-82
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , vitamin d and neurology , vitamin d deficiency , gastroenterology , covid-19 , vitamin , pediatrics , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Aim of study. To study the total level of 25-hydroxyvitamin D in children with SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19). Material and мethods. A total of 82 children aged 0-17 diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 infection were enrolled. Depending on the severity of clinical symptoms, all children were divided into three groups according to the COVID-19 severity: asymptomatic, mild and moderate. The serum level of vitamin D in all patients was tested via the immunochemical method. Results. It was found that children with SARS-CoV-2 infection had lower serum level of vitamin D (29.92 [22.22; 28.07] ng/ml) as compared with the control group (36.43 [32.05; 44.08] ng/ml; p<0.001). A total of 90% of the children with SARS-CoV-2 infection were diagnosed with insufficiency or deficiency of vitamin D (<30 ng/ml). Only 10 % of the patients had normal levels of vitamin D. The insufficiency of vitamin D was found more often amongst children aged 0-11 and deficiency of total 25-hydroxyvitamin D was more common for children aged 12-17. The difference in serum levels of vitamin D depending on the severity of SARS-CoV-2 infection was not found. Male children with SARS-CoV-2 infection showed lower levels of vitamin D (p=0.013). Conclusion. A total of 90 % of the children with SARS-CoV-2 infection had insufficiency or deficiency of vitamin D regardless of the severity of clinical symptoms.