title: Vitamin and zinc status pretreatment and posttreatment in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
abstract: Vitamin deficiencies are common in inflammatory bowel disease. Here we present 5-year follow-up data of 61 patients. No folate or vitamin B12 deficiency was identified throughout the study. A daily multivitamin supplement was sufficient to replete 100% of vitamin A-deficient and vitamin E-deficient patients. A total of 52% of vitamin D-deficient patients corrected, but 15% who had normal vitamin D levels at diagnosis developed deficiency. A total of 63% of zinc-deficient patients normalized their zinc status, but 15% developed zinc deficiency at follow-up despite supplementation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, SUNY at Buffalo, Digestive Diseases and Nutrition Center, Children's Hospital of Buffalo, New York.
authors.forename: Neha R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Santucci
authors.forename: Razan H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Alkhouri
authors.forename: Robert D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.forename: Susan S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Baker
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001361:Avitaminosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D019587:Dietary Supplements; D005260:Female; D005492:Folic Acid / Q000097:blood; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015212:Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008903:Minerals / Q000097:blood / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009752:Nutritional Status; D014131:Trace Elements / Q000097:blood / Q000172:deficiency / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014801:Vitamin A / Q000097:blood / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000097:blood / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000097:blood / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014815:Vitamins / Q000097:blood / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015032:Zinc / Q000097:blood / Q000172:deficiency / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D008903:Minerals; D014131:Trace Elements; D014815:Vitamins; D014801:Vitamin A; D014807:Vitamin D; D014810:Vitamin E; D005492:Folic Acid; D015032:Zinc