6
views
0
recommends
+1 Recommend
0 collections
    0
    shares
      • Record: found
      • Abstract: found
      • Article: found
      Is Open Access

      Blood Sampling Seasonality as an Important Preanalytical Factor for Assessment of Vitamin D Status Translated title: UTICAJ SEZONSKOG UZORKOVANJA KRVI KAO VAŽAN PREANALITIČKI FAKTOR ZA PROCENU STATUSA VITAMINA D

      research-article

      Read this article at

      Bookmark
          There is no author summary for this article yet. Authors can add summaries to their articles on ScienceOpen to make them more accessible to a non-specialist audience.

          Summary

          Background

          The measurement of vitamin D is now commonplace for preventing osteoporosis and restoring an appropriate concentration that would be effective to counteract the occurrence of other human disorders. The aim of this study was to establish whether blood sampling seasonality may influence total vitamin D concentration in a general population of Italian unselected outpatients.

          Methods

          We performed a retrospective search in the laboratory information system of the University Hospital of Parma (Italy, temperate climate), to identify the values of total serum vitamin D (25-hydroxyvitamin D) measured in outpatients aged 18 years and older, who were referred for routine health check-up during the entire year 2014.

          Results

          The study population consisted in 11,150 outpatients (median age 62 years; 8592 women and 2558 men). The concentration of vitamin D was consistently lower in samples collected in Winter than in the other three seasons. The frequency of subjects with vitamin D deficiency was approximately double in samples drawn in Winter and Spring than in Summer and Autumn. In the multivariate analysis, the concentration of total vitamin D was found to be independently associated with sex and season of blood testing, but not with the age of the patients.

          Conclusions

          According to these findings, blood sampling seasonality should be regarded as an important preanalytical factor in vitamin D assessment. It is also reasonable to suggest that the amount of total vitamin D synthesized during the summer should be high enough to maintain the levels > 50 nmol/L throughout the remaining part of the year.

          Kratak sadržaj

          Uvod

          Merenje vitamina D danas se uobičajeno obavlja radi prevencije osteoporoze i uspostavljanja odgovarajuće koncentracije koja bi efikasno sprečila nastanak drugih ljudskih bolesti. Cilj ove studije bio je da se ustanovi da li sezona, odnosno godišnje doba u kom se uzorkovanje vrši može uticati na koncentraciju ukupnog vitamina D, u opštoj populaciji neselektovanih italijanskih pacijenata.

          Metode

          Sproveli smo retrospektivnu pretragu u laboratorijskom informacionom sistemu Univerzitetske bolnice u Parmi (Italija, umerena klima), kako bismo utvrdili koje su vrednosti ukupnog vitamina D (25-hidroksivitamin D) u serumu izmerene kod nehospitalizovanih pacijenata starih 18 godina i više, upućivanih na rutinske zdravstvene preglede tokom čitave 2014. godine.

          Rezultati

          Ispitivana populacija sastojala se od 11 150 nehospitalizovanih pacijenata (prosek godina 62; 8 592 žena i 2 558 muškaraca). Koncentracija vitamina D bila je dosledno niža u uzorcima uzetim tokom zime nego tokom ostala tri godišnja doba. Učestalost ispitanika sa nedostatkom vitamina D bila je otprilike duplo veća u uzorcima uzetim u zimu i proleće nego u leto i jesen. Multivarijaciona analiza pokazala je da je koncentracija ukupnog vitamina D bila nezavisno povezana s polom i sezonom testiranja krvi, ali ne sa starošću pacijenata.

          Zaključak

          Prema ovim nalazima, sezonu uzrokovanja krvi treba posmatrati kao važan preanalitički faktor u proceni vitamina D. Takođe, ima smisla pretpostaviti da bi količina ukupnog vitamina D koji se sintetiše tokom leta trebalo da bude dovoljna da se održe nivoi > 50 nmol/L tokom preostalog dela godine.

          Related collections

          Most cited references15

          • Record: found
          • Abstract: found
          • Article: not found

          IOF position statement: vitamin D recommendations for older adults.

          This position paper of the International Osteoporosis Foundation makes recommendations for vitamin D nutrition in elderly men and women from an evidence-based perspective.
            Bookmark
            • Record: found
            • Abstract: found
            • Article: not found

            Diet, sun, and lifestyle as determinants of vitamin D status.

            Vitamin D status can be assessed by measuring concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D). Sunlight is the most important source of vitamin D and stimulates the production of vitamin D3 in the skin during the summer, depending on age, skin pigmentation, clothing style, and sunscreen use. Seasonal variation in serum 25(OH)D is between 10 and 20 nmol/L in adults and almost absent in nursing home residents. Sunscreen use decreases, but does not abolish, vitamin D production in the skin. Clothing style has a large influence on vitamin D production. Furthermore, vitamin D status can be improved by ingestion of fatty fish and the fortification of milk or orange juice. A high dietary calcium intake has a vitamin D-sparing effect, because it increases the half-life of 25(OH)D. A combination of sunlight exposure, nutrition, food fortification, and supplements is desirable to obtain sufficient vitamin D status in the population of most countries throughout the year.
              Bookmark
              • Record: found
              • Abstract: found
              • Article: not found

              The effects of seasonal variation of 25-hydroxyvitamin D and fat mass on a diagnosis of vitamin D sufficiency.

              The effect of season on vitamin D status is often overlooked in studies of optimal vitamin D concentrations and in clinical practice. We aimed to determine the effects of seasonal variation of 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] on a previously selected minimum concentration for vitamin D sufficiency (50 nmol/L) and to determine whether fat mass modifies these effects. A cross-sectional study evaluated 1606 healthy postmenopausal women and 378 older men from Auckland, New Zealand, who were undergoing single measurements of 25(OH)D. Concentrations of <50 nmol 25(OH)D/L were seen in 49% (range: 23%-74%) of women and 9% (range: 0%-26%) of men when measured, but 73% of women and 39% of men were predicted to have trough 25(OH)D concentrations < 50 nmol/L, according to the demonstrated seasonal variation. The predicted duration of 25(OH)D concentrations < 50 nmol/L was 250 d/y in women and 165 d/y in men. Seasonal variation significantly affects the diagnosis of vitamin D sufficiency, which requires seasonally adjusted thresholds individualized for different locations. Clinicians should consider the month of sampling and the amount of body fat when interpreting 25(OH)D measurements.
                Bookmark

                Author and article information

                Journal
                J Med Biochem
                J Med Biochem
                jomb
                jomb
                Journal of Medical Biochemistry
                Society of Medical Biochemists of Serbia
                1452-8258
                1452-8266
                April 2016
                9 May 2016
                : 35
                : 2
                : 113-117
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Laboratory of Clinical Chemistry and Hematology, Academic Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy
                Author notes
                Prof. Giuseppe Lippi, U.O. Diagnostica Ematochimica, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma, Via Gramsci, 14, 43126 – Parma, Italy, Tel. 0039-0521-703050 Tel. 0039-0521-703791 e-mail: glippi@ 123456ao.pr.it , ulippi@ 123456tin.it
                Article
                jomb-2015-0014
                10.1515/jomb-2015-0014
                5346786
                37ffcf17-d362-406f-9500-25a301ffa32a
                © 2016 Patrizia Bonelli et al., published by De Gruyter Open

                This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

                History
                : 2 June 2015
                : 9 August 2015
                Page count
                Pages: 5
                Categories
                Original Paper

                vitamin d,preanalytical variability,biological variability,seasons

                Comments

                Comment on this article