Vitamin D Status in Children with Iron Deficiency and/or Anemia

• Main Authors: Esraa Arjumand Qader, Nazdar Ezzaddin Alkhateeb
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences 2016-09-01
• Series: International Journal of Pediatrics
• Subjects: Children; Iraq; Iron deficiency; Vitamin D
• Online Access: http://ijp.mums.ac.ir/article_7482_808a9940f0efea515fefe7f5aaa2855a.pdf

Background Iron and vitamin D inadequacy are both essential wellbeing issues, an extra advancement has been the vitamin D extra skeletal role. Late collecting proof demonstrates that vitamin D inadequacy is pervasive in people with pallor, we meant to recognize a potential relationship between vitamin D lack and iron insufficiency. Materials and Methods A case control study was done in Erbil, Iraq during April 2015 to April 2016, on 160 children aged 1-5 years who referred to Raparin hospital. Blood test was acquired from every kid for measuring hemoglobin, serum iron and vitamin D level. Results The mean estimation of vitamin D was lower 21.3ng/dl in iron deficiency group in contrast with control group and it was essentially lower in gathering that had hemoglobin of under 11gm/dl (19.7ng/dl) in contrast with those with more than 11gm/dl. There was a direct relationship between serum iron, hemoglobin and vitamin D levels (r=0.520, PConclusion There was significant moderate positive correlation between vitamin D and serum iron level.