Vitamin B6 blood concentrations in paediatric dialysis patients. 2018

Triona Joyce, and Frances Court Brown, and Shazia Adalat, and Christopher J D Reid, and Manish D Sinha
Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Evelina London Children's Hospital, Guys & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, 3rd Floor Becket House, Westminster Bridge Road, SE1 7EH, London, UK.

We investigated vitamin B6 blood concentrations in children on long-term dialysis at our centre. Retrospective cross-sectional review of vitamin B6 blood concentrations in children on maintenance dialysis [peritoneal dialysis (PD), intermittent haemodialysis (IHD)]. We reviewed 28 children (16 boys), 15 IHD and 13 PD with median (interquartile range, IQR) age of 9.4 (2.4, 14.3) years. The median (IQR) vitamin B6 concentration was 223.4 (74.2, 392.8) nmol/L measured a median (IQR) of 9 (4, 16.5) months following commencement of dialysis. None of the children had vitamin B6 deficiency. Vitamin B6 concentrations were raised in 17 (61%), eight of these received a supplement. Nineteen (68%) received vitamin B6 and/or a supplement containing vitamin B6 whilst 11 (39%) received an enteral feed and a supplement. In those with normal vitamin B6 concentrations who were not receiving an enteral feed or an oral nutritional supplement (n = 6), all achieved normal concentrations without need for vitamin B6 supplementation. There were no differences between those on PD versus IHD (269.2 nmol/L vs. 130 nmol/L, P = 0.65). We report no children with vitamin B6 deficiency although > 50% had elevated vitamin B6 concentrations. We suggest if dietary assessment of vitamin B6 intake indicates insufficient intake, measurement of blood concentrations will help confirm if supplementation is required. Routine vitamin B6 supplementation and monitoring is currently not indicated in children on chronic dialysis.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D008297 Male Males
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D002675 Child, Preschool A child between the ages of 2 and 5. Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D003430 Cross-Sectional Studies Studies in which the presence or absence of disease or other health-related variables are determined in each member of the study population or in a representative sample at one particular time. This contrasts with LONGITUDINAL STUDIES which are followed over a period of time. Disease Frequency Surveys,Prevalence Studies,Analysis, Cross-Sectional,Cross Sectional Analysis,Cross-Sectional Survey,Surveys, Disease Frequency,Analyses, Cross Sectional,Analyses, Cross-Sectional,Analysis, Cross Sectional,Cross Sectional Analyses,Cross Sectional Studies,Cross Sectional Survey,Cross-Sectional Analyses,Cross-Sectional Analysis,Cross-Sectional Study,Cross-Sectional Surveys,Disease Frequency Survey,Prevalence Study,Studies, Cross-Sectional,Studies, Prevalence,Study, Cross-Sectional,Study, Prevalence,Survey, Cross-Sectional,Survey, Disease Frequency,Surveys, Cross-Sectional
D005260 Female Females
D006435 Renal Dialysis Therapy for the insufficient cleansing of the BLOOD by the kidneys based on dialysis and including hemodialysis, PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, and HEMODIAFILTRATION. Dialysis, Extracorporeal,Dialysis, Renal,Extracorporeal Dialysis,Hemodialysis,Dialyses, Extracorporeal,Dialyses, Renal,Extracorporeal Dialyses,Hemodialyses,Renal Dialyses
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D012189 Retrospective Studies Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons. Retrospective Study,Studies, Retrospective,Study, Retrospective

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