2010
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-010-1639-2
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Vitamin D insufficiency and effect of cholecalciferol in children with chronic kidney disease

Abstract: Vitamin D insufficiency is common in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and may contribute to mineral bone disease. In a prospective interventional study, we estimated the prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency (serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 [25OHD] < 30 ng/ml), and examined the effect of high-dose (600,000 IU) cholecalciferol supplementation after 6 weeks on serum 25OHD and parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels in children with CKD stages 2-4. Forty-two children (86% boys) with a mean age of 7.7 ± 3.8 (range 2… Show more

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“…The independent association between higher serum PTH and lower serum 25OHD concentrations suggests that vitamin D deficiency further contributes to hyperparathyroidism in CKD. We observed vitamin D insufficiency or deficiency in 58% of participants, a prevalence comparable with the prevalence in the general pediatric population (38)(39)(40) and children with predialysis CKD (41)(42)(43).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 64%
“…The independent association between higher serum PTH and lower serum 25OHD concentrations suggests that vitamin D deficiency further contributes to hyperparathyroidism in CKD. We observed vitamin D insufficiency or deficiency in 58% of participants, a prevalence comparable with the prevalence in the general pediatric population (38)(39)(40) and children with predialysis CKD (41)(42)(43).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 64%
“…Observational studies have shown that ergocalciferol provides adequate substrate for the synthesis of 25(OH)D and can reduce PTH levels without any risk of hypercalcemia in CKD stages 2-3 but not in advanced CKD (15,16,(26)(27)(28)(29)(30)(31)(32). However, no studies to date have used ergocalciferol supplementation in the early stages of CKD for the prevention of secondary hyperparathyroidism.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A growing body of evidence now stresses the importance of keeping PTH levels within the normal range in all predialysis patients (3,10) to promote optimal bone turnover without causing ectopic calcification. A key factor that leads to elevated PTH is vitamin D deficiency (11), involving both nutritional 25- Vitamin D deficiency is widespread in both the general population (13) and CKD patients, with prevalence rates of 60-80% even in predialysis CKD children (12,(14)(15)(16)(17)(18). Importantly, increasing evidence from clinical, epidemiologic, and animal studies suggest that vitamin D is not simply a calcemic hormone but plays an important role in cardiovascular and bone health, immune responses, autoimmune conditions, renoprotection, glycemic control, and prevention of some common cancers (11,12,19).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Although insufficient vitamin D levels are found in a significant proportion of the general pediatric population (4)(5)(6), vitamin D deficiency seems even more common in children with CKD (7-11) and has not declined over the past few decades (8). Vitamin D from nutritional intake and dermal synthesis is converted to 25-hydroxy-vitamin D [25(OH)D] in the liver.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%