Role of vitamin D deficiency as a risk factor for infections in cirrhotic patients - 07/02/19
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Highlights |
• | Vitamin D plays a role in innate and acquired immunity. |
• | The risk for bacterial infections is increased in cirrhotic patients in Upper Egypt. |
• | The current cross-sectional study aimed to determine serum 25-(OH) vitamin D levels among cirrhotic patients in the presence and absence of infections and correlate this level with liver disease severity. |
• | Vitamin D deficiency was found to be an independent predictor of infection in cirrhotic patients suggesting that vitamin D supplementation may be useful in these patients. |
Summary |
Background |
Vitamin D plays a role in innate and acquired immunity. The risk for bacterial infections is increased in cirrhotic patients due to low levels of vitamin D. This study aimed to determine serum 25-(OH) vitamin D levels among cirrhotic patients in the presence and absence of infections and correlate this level with liver disease severity.
Methods |
This cross-sectional analytic study recruited 87 hospitalised cirrhotic patients who were divided into the following groups: group with evidence of infection (45 cases) and group without infection (42 cases). Urine analysis, ascetic fluid study and chest X-rays were performed to find the site of infection. Serum 25-(OH) vitamin D was also measured.
Results |
Vitamin D levels were lower in the cirrhotic with infection group than in the cirrhotic without infection group (17.3 ± 2.5 vs. 41.1 ± 3.1, respectively) (P-value < 0.001). Approximately 71.4% cirrhotic patients without infection had sufficient vitamin D levels, while 60% of cirrhotic patients with infection had insufficient vitamin D levels, and 28.9% had vitamin D deficiency (P-value < 0.001). Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis was the most common infection (62.2%). The cutoff point of vitamin D levels for cirrhotic patients with infection was 21 ng/mL.
Conclusion |
Vitamin D deficiency was found to be an independent predictor of infection in cirrhotic patients suggesting that vitamin D supplementation may be useful in these patients. No significant correlations were found between the vitamin D level and the Child–Pugh class and MELD score among the infected group and non-infected group.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : Infection, Liver cirrhosis, Vitamin D, Disease severity, Predictor
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