Baixas concentrações séricas de 25-hidroxivitamina D em pacientes com artrite idiopática juvenil

• Ano de defesa: 2011
• Autor(a) principal: Munekata, Regina Viviane [UNIFESP]
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
• Palavras-chave em Português: Calcium; Phosphatase alkaline; Vitamin D; Juvenile idiopathic arthritis; Cálcio; Fosfatase alcalina; Vitamina D; Artrite idiopática juvenil
• Link de acesso: http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/9136

Objective: To determine serum concentrations of 25-hydroxycholecalciferol (25(OH)D) and biochemical markers of bone turnover in patients with polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and to associate them with disease activity and duration, with bone mineral density and with use of medications. Methods: In a cross-sectional and controlled study, 30 patients with polyarticular JIA were assessed, compared with 30 age and sex-matched healthy subjects. We evaluated clinical, anthropometric, laboratory parameters and dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA). Results: Out of 30 patients included in the study, 23 (76.7%) were girls, 16 (53.3%) no caucasian and the mean age was 14 years old (4 to 20 years). The mean time of disease was 5 years. The mean serum calcium and phosphatase alkaline were significantly lower in patients with JIA compared to controls (p<0.0001 and p=0.001, respectively). There was no difference between the serum concentrations of 25(OH)D, PTH and phosphorus between patients and controls. Based on serum 25(OH)D concentrations, 8 patients (26.7%) and 5 controls (16.7%) were vitamin D deficient (< 20 ng/ml) and 14 patients (46.7%) and 18 controls (60%) were vitamin D insufficient (between 20 and 32 ng/ml). These values were not associated with disease activity, use of medications or bone mineral density. Conclusions: A high frequency of 25(OH)D insufficiency and defficiency was observed in the study population. The involvement of biochemical bone markers emphasizes the importance of the bone metabolism follow-up in patients with JIA.