Vitamin A deficiency and association between serum retinol and IGF-1 concentrations in Brazilian children with Down syndrome.

Jornal de pediatria 2022 Jan-Feb

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To determine the prevalence of vitamin A deficiency (VAD) and serum concentrations of retinol, correlating them with IGF-1 concentrations in preschoolers with DS. Cross-sectional study was conducted on 47 children with DS aged 24 to 72 months, in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil. VAD was determined by the relative dose-response (RDR) test. Retinol serum concentration ≤ 0.70 µmol/L and IGF-1 serum concentration below the 3rd percentile for sex and age were considered to represent deficiency. C-reactive protein (CRP) was determined at the beginning of the study. Weight, height, and information about fever and/or diarrhea were obtained at the beginning of the study. VAD prevalence was 25.5% (12/47), and 74.5% (35/47) of the children had deficient retinol before the intervention. CRP was not associated with VAD. Mean IGF-1 were 103.5 ng/mL (SD = 913) for the group with VAD and 116.3 ng/mL (SD = 54.9) for the group with no VAD (p-value = 0.85); 8.5% (4/47) of the children showed deficient IGF-1, but without VAD. No association was observed between VAD and IGF-1 deficiency. A moderate positive correlation was observed between pre-intervention retinol and IGF-1 (ρ = 0.37; p-value = 0.01). a high prevalence of VAD and deficient retinol was observed and there was a positive correlation between serum retinol and IGF-1. Copyright © 2021 Sociedade Brasileira de Pediatria. Published by Elsevier Editora Ltda. All rights reserved.

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Ivan Savioli Ferraz, Débora Mônica Costa Vieira, Luiz Antonio Del Ciampo, Fábio da Veiga Ued, Ane Cristina Fayão Almeida, Alceu Afonso Jordão, Davi Casale Aragon, Edson Zangiacomi Martinez, Carlos Eduardo Martinelli, Carlos Alberto Nogueira-de-Almeida. Vitamin A deficiency and association between serum retinol and IGF-1 concentrations in Brazilian children with Down syndrome. Jornal de pediatria. 2022 Jan-Feb;98(1):76-83