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Seasonal variations in serum levels of vitamin D and other biochemical markers among KSA patients prior to thyroid surgery. J Taibah Univ Med Sci 2020; 15:522-528. [PMID: 33318745 PMCID: PMC7715427 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtumed.2020.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2020] [Revised: 08/21/2020] [Accepted: 08/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Objectives Serum levels of vitamin D can vary between seasons, which may affect serum calcium levels in post-thyroidectomy patients. This study aimed to determine seasonal variations in serum levels of vitamin D and other biochemical markers in patients prior to thyroid surgery in a KSA hospital. Methods In this study, we analysed the data of 685 post-thyroidectomy patients. The preoperative laboratory values of all patients were collected, and the patients were categorized into groups based on the month when the surgical procedure was performed as follows: cold (November–February) and warm/hot groups (March–October). Results Serum vitamin D levels were deficient in 70% of the patients, insufficient in 18%, and optimal in 12%. The mean age of patients in the deficient group was significantly lower than that in the optimal group. There were significantly more patients who had vitamin D deficiency during the cold season than during the warm/hot season (p = 0.024). Serum vitamin D levels did not vary between seasons (p = 0.836); however, the preoperative magnesium and thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) levels were significantly higher during the warm/hot season than during the cold season (p = 0.039 and p < 0.001, respectively). Preoperative calcium level was not significantly different between the cold and warm/hot months (p = 0.282). Conclusion This study suggests a non-significant seasonal fluctuation in serum levels of vitamin D with insignificant variation in serum calcium levels during cold and warm/hot seasons. The findings necessitate a careful review of the patients’ biochemical status prior to surgery. Future prospective longitudinal studies are needed to confirm this variability.
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Marwaha RK, Garg MK, Dang N, Mithal A, Narang A, Chadha A, Gupta N, Kumar MR. Reference range of random urinary calcium creatinine ratio in North Indian children and adolescents. Ann Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 2019; 24:34-40. [PMID: 30943678 PMCID: PMC6449613 DOI: 10.6065/apem.2019.24.1.34] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2018] [Accepted: 11/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Urinary calcium creatinine ratio (UCaCrR) is a reliable indicator for monitoring hypercalciuria following vitamin D supplementation. However, the reference range varies from region to region. Previous studies did not take vitamin D and parathyroid hormone status into account while evaluating UCaCrR. Hence, we undertook this study to establish the 95th percentile of UCaCrR as an indicator of hypercalciuria in North Indian children and adolescents. METHODS Four hundred seventy-three participants (boys 62.2%, girls 37.8%) with adequate dietary calcium intake, normal serum levels of 25-hydroxy-vitamin D (>20 ng/mL), and without secondary hyperparathyroidism following supplementation were selected for evaluation of UCaCrR. RESULTS The mean age and body mass index of subjects were 11.2±2.6 years and 18.0±3.6 kg/m2, respectively. The 95th percentile of UCaCrR in the study population was 0.126. The mean, median, and 95th percentile of UCaCrR was significantly higher in prepubertal children (age ≤10 years) (0.0586±0.0374, median=0.0548, 95th percentile=0.136) compared to those >10 years old (0.0503±0.0363, median=0.0407, 95th percentile=0.123, P=0.02). No significant difference in UCaCrR was observed between genders and different weight categories. CONCLUSION UCaCrR of 0.13 defines the cutoff value for hypercalciuria in North Indian children and adolescents with adequate dietary intake of calcium and sufficient serum vitamin D levels.
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- Raman Kumar Marwaha
- Department of Endocrinology and Thyroid Research Centre, INMAS, DRDO, Delhi, India,Address for correspondence: Raman Kumar Marwaha, DNB Endocrine & Thyroid Research Centre, Institute of Nuclear Medicine & Allied Sciences, New Delhi, India Tel: +91-9810296820 Fax: +91-11-26523477 E-mail:
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- Department of Medicine & Endocrinology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, India
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- Department of Endocrinology, Medanta Hospital, Medicity, Gurugram, India
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- Department of Medicine, Dr B R Sur Homeopathic Medical College, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Medicine, Dr B R Sur Homeopathic Medical College, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Endocrinology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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Ambient temperature as a contributor to kidney stone formation: implications of global warming. Kidney Int 2011; 79:1178-85. [PMID: 21451456 DOI: 10.1038/ki.2011.76] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Nephrolithiasis is a common disease across the world that is becoming more prevalent. Although the underlying cause for most stones is not known, a body of literature suggests a role of heat and climate as significant risk factors for lithogenesis. Recently, estimates from computer models predicted up to a 10% increase in the prevalence rate in the next half century secondary to the effects of global warming, with a coinciding 25% increase in health-care expenditures. Our aim here is to critically review the medical literature relating stones to ambient temperature. We have categorized the body of evidence by methodology, consisting of comparisons between geographic regions, comparisons over time, and comparisons between people in specialized environments. Although most studies are confounded by other factors like sunlight exposure and regional variation in diet that share some contribution, it appears that heat does play a role in pathogenesis in certain populations. Notably, the role of heat is much greater in men than in women. We also hypothesize that the role of a significant human migration (from rural areas to warmer, urban locales beginning in the last century and projected to continue) may have a greater impact than global warming on the observed worldwide increasing prevalence rate of nephrolithiasis. At this time the limited data available cannot substantiate this proposed mechanism but further studies to investigate this effect are warranted.
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Brehm JM, Schuemann B, Fuhlbrigge AL, Hollis BW, Strunk RC, Zeiger RS, Weiss ST, Litonjua AA. Serum vitamin D levels and severe asthma exacerbations in the Childhood Asthma Management Program study. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2010; 126:52-8.e5. [PMID: 20538327 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2010.03.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 317] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2009] [Revised: 03/27/2010] [Accepted: 03/30/2010] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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BACKGROUND Asthma exacerbations, most often caused by respiratory tract infections, are the leading causes of asthma morbidity and comprise a significant proportion of asthma-related costs. Vitamin D status might play a role in preventing asthma exacerbations. OBJECTIVES We sought to assess the relationship between serum vitamin D levels and subsequent severe asthma exacerbations. METHODS We measured 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels in sera collected from 1024 children with mild-to-moderate persistent asthma at the time of enrollment in a multicenter clinical trial of children randomized to receive budesonide, nedocromil, or placebo (as-needed beta-agonists): the Childhood Asthma Management Program. Using multivariable modeling, we examined the relationship between baseline vitamin D levels and the odds of any hospitalization or emergency department visit over the 4 years of the trial. RESULTS Thirty-five percent of all subjects were vitamin D insufficient, as defined by a level of 30 ng/mL or less 25-hydroxyvitamin D. Mean vitamin D levels were lowest in African American subjects and highest in white subjects. After adjusting for age, sex, body mass index, income, and treatment group, insufficient vitamin D status was associated with a higher odds of any hospitalization or emergency department visit (odds ratio, 1.5; 95% CI, 1.1-1.9; P = .01). CONCLUSION Vitamin D insufficiency is common in this population of North American children with mild-to-moderate persistent asthma and is associated with higher odds of severe exacerbation over a 4-year period.
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- John M Brehm
- Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass, USA
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Bush NC, Xu L, Brown BJ, Holzer MS, Gingrich A, Schuler B, Tong L, Baker LA. Hospitalizations for pediatric stone disease in United States, 2002-2007. J Urol 2010; 183:1151-6. [PMID: 20096871 DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.11.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2009] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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PURPOSE Although more common in adults, urolithiasis recently has been occurring with increasing frequency in children. Single institution reviews from 1950 to 1990 revealed that urolithiasis accounts for 1 in 7,600 to 1 in 1,000 pediatric hospitalizations. Stone prevalence and risk factors for hospitalization are less defined in children in North America compared to adults. To identify pediatric hospital admissions due to a diagnosis of urinary stones, we examined Pediatric Health Information System data from 41 freestanding pediatric hospitals. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively studied patients younger than 18 years hospitalized between 2002 and 2007. The Pediatric Health Information System database, a validated collection of pediatric hospital data, was searched for inpatients with a primary ICD-9 diagnosis of urolithiasis. RESULTS Among more than 2.7 million pediatric inpatients from 2002 to 2007, 3,989 hospitalizations were for 3,815 patients with urolithiasis. In contrast to adults, girls had a 1.5-fold greater likelihood of being hospitalized for stones. More than half of the children (53.1%) were younger than 13 years (mean 12.3, SD 4.23). Most patients (88%) were white. Stone hospitalizations were more common in the North Central region compared to the South. Hospitalizations for stones increased slightly in August and September. Nephrectomy was performed in nearly 1% of stone hospitalizations (29 of 3,170). CONCLUSIONS Children with stones now account for 1 in 685 pediatric hospitalizations in the United States. Surprisingly more than half of the patients are younger than 13 years at hospitalization. Similar to findings in adults, white race and occurrence in late summer months increase the risk of stone hospitalization. However, male gender and geographic location in the Southeast are not risk factors, demonstrating the unique aspects of pediatric stone hospitalization.
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- Nicol Corbin Bush
- Department of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75207, USA.
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Oliveira da Costa Mattos RDC, Xavier EC, Domingos Mainenti HR, Mitri Nogueira S, Ribeiro de Carvalho MA, Ramos Moreira MDF, Vargas de Carvalho LB, Tabalipa M, Borges R, Malizia Alves MDF. Evaluation of calcium excretion in Brazilian infantile and young population environmentally exposed to lead. Hum Exp Toxicol 2009; 28:567-75. [PMID: 19737813 DOI: 10.1177/0960327109102804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Lead exposure is an important issue in the research of several toxic effects resulting from the biochemical interaction between this metal and the organism. Calcium is a fundamental mineral for the maintenance of the organism homeostasis where there is interaction between lead and calcium in metabolic pathways. Environmental lead exposure by verifying the usefulness and applicability of urinary calcium/creatinine ratio (UCa/Cr) in this context was evaluated. This was an extensive socio-demographic study of the nutritional profile, lead exposure biomarkers in blood and the urine and UCa/Cr ratio. The children studied were from a low socio-economic group characterized by unsatisfactory nutritional diet. Lead environmental exposure was shown by biomarkers, with UCa/Cr ratio having positive and significant correlations with both lead and delta-aminolevulinic acid in urine (ALA-U), without colinearity diagnosis. There was a strong association between calcium excretion and lead exposure as a result of linear regression construction models. In children, lead increases calcium excretion which is an additional risk to infantile health. Urinary calcium/creatinine ratio may be a useful tool in the biological monitoring of lead exposure and health promotion programs.
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- Rita de Cássia Oliveira da Costa Mattos
- Laboratory of Toxicology, Workers' Health and Human Ecology Studies Center, Sergio Arouca National Public Health School, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
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Bevilacqua M, Dominguez LJ, Gandolini G, Valdes V, Vago T, Righini V, Barrella M, Barbagallo M. Vitamin D substrate-product relationship in idiopathic hypercalciuria. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2009; 113:3-8. [PMID: 19013526 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2008.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2007] [Accepted: 08/06/2008] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Absorptive hypercalciuria (AH) is associated with elevated levels of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (1,25(OH)(2)D). While no increase of 1,25(OH)(2)D after oral administration of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) at high doses has been claimed in normal subjects, a substrate-product relationship has been reported in normal children, young people after UV irradiation, older persons, postmenopausal women, primary hyperparathyroidism, renal failure, osteomalacia, and sarcoidosis. No data of this relationship in AH is available. To investigate 25OHD-1,25(OH)(2)D substrate-product relationship in AH, 161 AH patients (mean age 60.9+/-11.7 years) and 110 age- and sex-matched controls (mean age 61.5+/-12.4 years) were studied. In 57 controls and 52 AH subjects 25OHD-1,25(OH)(2)D relationship in basal conditions and after 2-week oral 25OHD (25 microg/day) administration were evaluated. In basal conditions 25OHD and 1,25(OH)(2)D were correlated in both, controls and AH; 25OHD treatment was followed by an increase in serum 25OHD and 1,25(OH)(2)D in both groups. However, delta responses of 25OHD and 1,25(OH)(2)D to 25OHD were higher in AH suggesting an enhanced activity of 1 alpha-hydroxylase. In conclusion, the higher response of 1,25(OH)(2)D after oral 25OHD in AH patients suggests a differential capacity between both groups in handling the increases in 1,25(OH)(2)D.
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- Maurizio Bevilacqua
- Endocrinology and Diabetes Unit, Department of Medicine, Luigi Sacco Hospital (Vialba), University of Milan, Italy
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Gulson B, Mizon K, Taylor A, Korsch M, Stauber J, Davis JM, Louie H, Wu M, Antin L. Longitudinal monitoring of selected elements in blood of healthy young children. J Trace Elem Med Biol 2008; 22:206-14. [PMID: 18755396 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtemb.2008.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2007] [Revised: 04/15/2008] [Accepted: 04/15/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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There are limited data on essential nutrients in the whole blood of young children. As part of a longitudinal study of the impact on young children and the environment from the introduction of an organic Mn compound into unleaded gasoline in Australia, we have measured a suite of elements in whole blood. The children, aged between 6 and 31 months at recruitment, have been monitored at 6-month intervals for up to 5 years. Blood samples were analysed by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry for Ca, Mg, Fe, Mn, Cu, Zn and Pb. Mixed model analyses of 665 blood samples using backward elimination showed significant positive relationships between Ca, Mg and Zn and season, variable relationships with time, but no association with gender or traffic exposure. The elements Ca, Mg and Zn showed higher concentrations in summer compared with winter, whereas Fe and Pb showed lower concentrations in summer compared with winter. Concentrations of all elements except Fe showed significant effects over time: Ca, Cu, Mg, Pb and Mn showed decreases over time, whereas Zn showed an increase. The mixed model analyses with the individual elements as the dependent variable showed some interesting relationships and require further follow-up as some of these appear to conflict with pre-existing concepts, although the multi-element data on which these concepts are based are limited. The variance for blood Pb and blood Mn arising from the other elements was small with 0.5% in the case of blood Pb and 3.7% for blood Mn.
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- Brian Gulson
- Graduate School of the Environment, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia.
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Srivastava T, Garg U, Chan YR, Alon US. Essentials of laboratory medicine for the nephrology clinician. Pediatr Nephrol 2007; 22:170-82. [PMID: 16947032 DOI: 10.1007/s00467-006-0233-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2006] [Revised: 05/16/2006] [Accepted: 05/16/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The purpose of this review is to compile and bring to the attention of the pediatric nephrology community various aspects of laboratory medicine pertinent to nephrology. The review addresses different aspects in laboratory medicine that should be taken into account during interpretation of a test result, such as methodological and analytical issues, statistical considerations and the biological interpretation of a test result in the context of the clinical setting. An understanding of the considerations and limitations in laboratory medicine will be helpful to the pediatric nephrologist when ordering and interpreting biochemical tests.
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- Tarak Srivastava
- Section of Nephrology, Children's Mercy Hospital and University of Missouri, 2401Gillham Road, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA.
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Current World Literature. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens 2005. [DOI: 10.1097/01.mnh.0000172731.05865.69] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Mughal MZ, Eelloo JA, Roberts SA, Sibartie S, Maresh M, Sibley CP, Adams JE. Intrauterine programming of urinary calcium and magnesium excretion in children born to mothers with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2005; 90:F332-6. [PMID: 16036891 PMCID: PMC1721916 DOI: 10.1136/adc.2004.052795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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BACKGROUND Offspring of diabetic rats have reduced urinary calcium and magnesium excretion compared with offspring of controls; these differences persist up to 16 weeks after birth, a time equivalent to young adulthood in humans. OBJECTIVES To test the hypothesis that urinary calcium and magnesium excretion would be lower in children born to mothers with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (ChMIDDM) than those born to non-diabetic mothers. METHODS Concentrations of calcium, magnesium, sodium, and creatinine were measured in first void spot urine samples collected from 45 (28 male; median age 9.6 years) ChMIDDM and 127 (58 male; median age 11.3 years) controls. Analysis of covariance was used to test for differences in urinary calcium to creatinine ratios (UCa/Cr), magnesium to creatinine ratios (UMg/Cr), and log sodium to creatinine ratios (logUNa/Cr) between controls and ChMIDDM after allowing for the effects of sex and age. RESULTS UCa/Cr (difference -0.10, 95% confidence interval (CI) -0.19 to -0.01; p = 0.03) and UMg/Cr (difference -0.15, 95% CI -0.22 to -0.08; p<0.0001) were lower in ChMIDDM than controls. However, logUNa/Cr did not differ between ChMIDDM and controls (difference -0.14, 95% CI -0.33 to 0.05; p = 0.1). The daily estimated intake of magnesium, sodium, and protein were significantly higher and that of calcium non-significantly higher in ChMIDDM than controls. In ChMIDDM, UCa/Cr and UMg/Cr were not related to diabetic control of mothers. CONCLUSIONS Results of this study provide the first evidence that in humans, as in rats, there is modification of renal Ca and Mg handling in ChMIDDM, which persists well into childhood.
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- M Z Mughal
- Department of Pediatric Medicine, St Mary's Hospital for Women and Children, Hathersage Road, Manchester M13 0JH, UK.
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