Vitamin D status and its associations with clinical and laboratory parameters in patients with Addison's disease. 2021

Karolina Zawadzka, and Katarzyna Matwiej, and Grzegorz Sokołowski, and Małgorzata Trofimiuk-Müldner, and Anna Skalniak, and Alicja Hubalewska-Dydejczyk
Students' Scientific Group of Endocrinology at the Department of Endocrinology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland.

There is increasing evidence that several autoimmune diseases, as well as their activity, are associated with vitamin D (VD) deficiency. Our study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of VD insufficiency in patients with Addison's disease (AD), as well as to evaluate associations between VD concentrations and various clinical and laboratory parameters of the disease. We retrospectively analyzed medical records of 31 adult patients diagnosed with autoimmune Addison's disease, in whom serum VD was measured. We assessed correlations between serum VD and various clinical and laboratory parameters. R e s u l t s: 90.3% of AD patients had inadequate VD concentrations (<30 ng/mL), and 19.3% of them were found to be severely VD deficient (<10 ng/mL). Among assessed laboratory variables, only serum calcium concentrations significantly correlated with VD status (r = 0.53, p = 0.006). The mean serum VD concentration was significantly lower in patients with severe fatigue (15.17 ± 8.41 vs 26.83 ± 12.29 ng/mL, p = 0.011) and limited exercise capacity (12.38 ± 6.9 vs 21.63 ± 10.87 ng/mL, p = 0.016). C o n c l u s i o n s: This study demonstrates a high prevalence of VD deficiency in AD patients, as well as the association between low VD concentrations with symptoms such as severe fatigue or limited exercise capacity. Further studies are needed to clarify if impaired VD status is a risk factor in the pathogenesis of AD and to assess if VD supplementation improves the quality of life of AD patients.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007753 Laboratories Facilities equipped to carry out investigative procedures. Laboratory
D011788 Quality of Life A generic concept reflecting concern with the modification and enhancement of life attributes, e.g., physical, political, moral, social environment as well as health and disease. HRQOL,Health-Related Quality Of Life,Life Quality,Health Related Quality Of Life
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000224 Addison Disease An adrenal disease characterized by the progressive destruction of the ADRENAL CORTEX, resulting in insufficient production of ALDOSTERONE and HYDROCORTISONE. Clinical symptoms include ANOREXIA; NAUSEA; WEIGHT LOSS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; and HYPERPIGMENTATION of the SKIN due to increase in circulating levels of ACTH precursor hormone which stimulates MELANOCYTES. Addison's Disease,Primary Adrenal Insufficiency,Primary Adrenocortical Insufficiency,Primary Hypoadrenalism,Addisons Disease,Adrenal Insufficiency, Primary,Adrenocortical Insufficiencies, Primary,Adrenocortical Insufficiency, Primary,Disease, Addison,Hypoadrenalism, Primary,Hypoadrenalisms, Primary,Insufficiencies, Primary Adrenocortical,Insufficiency, Primary Adrenocortical,Primary Adrenocortical Insufficiencies
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
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
D014807 Vitamin D A vitamin that includes both CHOLECALCIFEROLS and ERGOCALCIFEROLS, which have the common effect of preventing or curing RICKETS in animals. It can also be viewed as a hormone since it can be formed in SKIN by action of ULTRAVIOLET RAYS upon the precursors, 7-dehydrocholesterol and ERGOSTEROL, and acts on VITAMIN D RECEPTORS to regulate CALCIUM in opposition to PARATHYROID HORMONE.

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