Vitamin and Zinc Status Pretreatment and Posttreatment in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease
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Neha R. Santucci
Department of Pediatrics, SUNY at Buffalo, Digestive Diseases and Nutrition Center, Children's Hospital of Buffalo, New York
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Razan H. Alkhouri, MD, and Neha R. Santucci, Department of Pediatrics, SUNY at Buffalo, Digestive Diseases and Nutrition Center, 219 Bryant Street, Buffalo, NY 14222 (e-mail: [email protected] and [email protected]).Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Razan H. Alkhouri
Department of Pediatrics, SUNY at Buffalo, Digestive Diseases and Nutrition Center, Children's Hospital of Buffalo, New York
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Razan H. Alkhouri, MD, and Neha R. Santucci, Department of Pediatrics, SUNY at Buffalo, Digestive Diseases and Nutrition Center, 219 Bryant Street, Buffalo, NY 14222 (e-mail: [email protected] and [email protected]).Search for more papers by this authorRobert D. Baker
Department of Pediatrics, SUNY at Buffalo, Digestive Diseases and Nutrition Center, Children's Hospital of Buffalo, New York
Search for more papers by this authorSusan S. Baker
Department of Pediatrics, SUNY at Buffalo, Digestive Diseases and Nutrition Center, Children's Hospital of Buffalo, New York
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Neha R. Santucci
Department of Pediatrics, SUNY at Buffalo, Digestive Diseases and Nutrition Center, Children's Hospital of Buffalo, New York
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Razan H. Alkhouri, MD, and Neha R. Santucci, Department of Pediatrics, SUNY at Buffalo, Digestive Diseases and Nutrition Center, 219 Bryant Street, Buffalo, NY 14222 (e-mail: [email protected] and [email protected]).Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Razan H. Alkhouri
Department of Pediatrics, SUNY at Buffalo, Digestive Diseases and Nutrition Center, Children's Hospital of Buffalo, New York
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Razan H. Alkhouri, MD, and Neha R. Santucci, Department of Pediatrics, SUNY at Buffalo, Digestive Diseases and Nutrition Center, 219 Bryant Street, Buffalo, NY 14222 (e-mail: [email protected] and [email protected]).Search for more papers by this authorRobert D. Baker
Department of Pediatrics, SUNY at Buffalo, Digestive Diseases and Nutrition Center, Children's Hospital of Buffalo, New York
Search for more papers by this authorSusan S. Baker
Department of Pediatrics, SUNY at Buffalo, Digestive Diseases and Nutrition Center, Children's Hospital of Buffalo, New York
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ABSTRACT
Vitamin deficiencies are common in inflammatory bowel disease. Here we present 5-year follow-up data of 61 patients. No folate or vitamin B12 deficiency was identified throughout the study. A daily multivitamin supplement was sufficient to replete 100% of vitamin A–deficient and vitamin E–deficient patients. A total of 52% of vitamin D–deficient patients corrected, but 15% who had normal vitamin D levels at diagnosis developed deficiency. A total of 63% of zinc-deficient patients normalized their zinc status, but 15% developed zinc deficiency at follow-up despite supplementation.
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