Serum vitamin D levels in acute stroke patients

Fayrouz O. Selim1, Rasha M. Fahmi2, Ayman E. Ali1, Nermin Raafat3, Ahmed F. Elsaid4
1Department of Internal Medicine, Zagazig University, Sharkia, Egypt
2Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Sharkia, Egypt
3Department of Medical Biochemistry, Zagazig University, Sharkia, Egypt
4Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Zagazig University, Sharkia, Egypt

Tóm tắt

Vitamin D deficiency has been proposed as a risk factors of cerebrovascular stroke. The aim of this study was firstly, to assess the serum level of vitamin D in cerebral stroke patients and secondly, to examine if its deficiency was associated with stroke severity and outcome. We utilized a case-control study design and recruited 138 acute stroke patients and 138 age- and sex-matched controls from subjects attending outpatient clinic for other reasons. All participants were subjected to full general and neurological examination. Brain imaging CT and/or MRI was performed. Blood samples were collected for measurement of serum level of vitamin D (ng/ml) by ELISA, alkaline phosphatase, serum calcium, and phosphorous. The stroke severity was assessed by the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) and stroke outcome was assessed by modified Rankin Scale (mRS). Stroke patients had significant lower levels of vitamin D compared with the control group. Vitamin D deficiency remained significantly associated with the NIHSS stroke severity score and the mRS 3-month stroke outcome after controlling for other significant factors such as age, dyslipidemia, and infarction size using multivariable logistic regression analysis. Our results demonstrated that stroke patients suffer from vitamin D deficiency, which was associated with both stroke severity and poor outcome. Vitamin D supplementation could exert a therapeutic role in the management of cerebral stroke.

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