NOVEL ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN VITAMIN LEVELS AND BIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS
Name: PEDRO ANTONIO SOUZA DE ALMEIDA
Publication date: 10/03/2023
Examining board:
Name |
Role |
|---|---|
| MIRIAM CARMO RODRIGUES BARBOSA | Advisor |
Summary: Introduction: Vitamin D deficiency is a problem that affects various social classes, ages, and genders, and at present, the consequences that inadequate levels of vitamin D can bring to the human body are still unknown. New discoveries about this vitamin further instigate the scientific community to unravel unknown roles of it. Objective: To identify new associations of vitamin D with biochemical markers of health in children and adolescents. Methodology: It is a cross-sectional study developed by data collection and analysis of biochemical and sociodemographic data in children and adolescents enrolled in the institution called Estação do Conhecimento, located in the neighborhood of Cidade Continental, Serra, Espírito Santo. Data analysis was performed with the help of SPSS software version 21.0, and a Pearson correlation test was performed with the collected data to verify if there was an association between the variables, and subsequently, a linear regression test was performed to find out if the relationship was maintained after adjustment for variables that could confound the analysis. Results: A positive correlation was found between vitamin D levels and platelets, where this correlation was maintained after linear regression testing. An association was also found between vitamin D levels and serum transferrin, but there was no association between vitamin D and other markers of iron status. Conclusion: There is a relationship between vitamin D levels and the variables studied here, but further studies are needed to prove if they are indeed interlinked, and new perspectives on the functions of vitamin D in the body are presented here.
