儿童头痛患者有很高的维生素D缺乏症风险
Éloïse R Deschênes1,2, Jeffrey Do3, Anne Tsampalieros2
1Undergraduate Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Journal of child neurology
|October 9, 2024
概括
与患者相比,患有头痛的儿童的维生素D缺乏率更高. 需要进一步的研究来探索对儿科头痛的维生素D补充剂.
科学领域:
- 儿科神经学 儿科神经学
- 营养科学 营养科学
背景情况:
- 维生素D缺乏与成人头痛有关,但儿科数据有限.
- 了解头痛儿童的维生素D状况对于潜在的干预措施至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 确定和比较患有头痛的儿童和的儿童的血清维生素D水平.
- 为了确定这些儿科群体中维生素D缺乏症的患病率.
主要方法:
- 对2至17岁儿童血清25-基维生素D [25(OH) D]度的回顾性分析.
- 患有头痛的儿童 (n=117) 与患有的儿童 (n=236) 的比较.
- 维生素D缺乏症定义为血清25(OH) D<50nmol/L.
主要成果:
- 患有头痛的儿童的血清中位数25 (OH) D为56nmol/L,而患有的儿童的血清中位数为70nmol/L.
- 患有头痛的儿童 (42%) 的维生素D不足明显高于患有的儿童 (25%) (P=.002).
- 调整后的分析显示,头痛儿童的维生素D水平较低 (平均9nmol/L较低;P=.029).
结论:
- 儿童头痛与维生素D缺乏症的更高患病率有关.
- 需要进一步的前性研究来调查维生素D补充剂对儿科头痛的治疗潜力.
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