Vitamin D deficiency and vitamin D receptor FokI polymorphism as risk factors for COVID-19

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作者
Zeidan, Nancy M. S. [1 ]
El Lateef, Hanan M. Abd [2 ]
Selim, Dalia M. [2 ]
Razek, Suzan A. [2 ]
Abd-Elrehim, Ghada A. B. [3 ]
Nashat, Mohamed [4 ]
ElGyar, Noha [5 ]
Waked, Nevin M. [6 ]
Soliman, Attia A. [7 ]
Elhewala, Ahmed A. [7 ]
Shehab, Mohamed M. M. [7 ]
Ibraheem, Ahmed A. A. [7 ]
Shehata, Hassan [7 ]
Yousif, M. Yousif [7 ]
Akeel, Nagwa E. [7 ]
Hashem, Mustafa I. A. [7 ]
Ahmed, Amani A. [7 ]
Emam, Ahmed A. [7 ]
Abdelmohsen, Mohamed M. [8 ]
Ahmed, Mohamed F. [8 ]
Saleh, Ahmed S. E. [9 ]
Eltrawy, Heba H. [10 ]
Shahin, Gehan H. [11 ]
Nabil, Rehab M. [12 ]
Hosny, Thoraya A. [12 ]
Abdelhamed, Mohamed R. [13 ]
Afify, Mona R. [14 ]
Alharbi, Mohanned T. [14 ]
Nagshabandi, Mohammed K. [14 ]
Tarabulsi, Muyassar K. [14 ]
Osman, Sherif F. [15 ]
Abd-Elrazek, Amal S. M. [16 ]
Rashad, Manal M. [17 ]
El-Gaaly, Sonya A. A. [18 ]
Gad, Said A. B. [19 ]
Mohamed, Y. Mohamed [20 ]
Abdelkhalek, Khalil [1 ]
Yousef, Aly A. [21 ]
机构
[1] Cairo Univ, Fac Med, Dept Pediat, Giza, Egypt
[2] Ain Shams Univ, Fac Med, Dept Pediat, Cairo, Egypt
[3] Sohag Univ, Fac Med, Dept Pediat, Sohag, Sohag, Egypt
[4] Aswan Univ, Fac Med, Dept Pediat, Aswan, Aswan, Egypt
[5] Assiut Univ, Fac Med, Dept Pediat, Assiut, Egypt
[6] October 6 Univ, Fac Med, Dept Pediat, 6th Of October City, Egypt
[7] Zagazig Univ, Fac Med, Dept Pediat, Zagazig, Egypt
[8] Al Azhar Univ, Fac Med Boys, Dept Pediat, Cairo, Egypt
[9] Benha Univ, Fac Med, Dept Otorhinolaryngol, Banha, Egypt
[10] Al Azhar Univ, Fac Med Girls, Dept Chest Dis, Cairo, Egypt
[11] Cairo Univ, Fac Med, Dept Clin Pathol, Giza, Giza, Egypt
[12] Zagazig Univ, Fac Med, Dept Clin Pathol, Zagazig, Egypt
[13] Al Azhar Fac Med, Dept Clin Pathol, Cairo, Egypt
[14] Univ Jeddah, Fac Med, Dept Med MicroBiol & Parasitol, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
[15] Texas Tech Univ, Dept Radiol, Hlth Scie Ctr, El Paso, TX USA
[16] Menoufia Univ, Dept Radio Diag, Shibin Al Kawm, Egypt
[17] Zagazig Univ, Fac Med, Dept Anesthesia, Zagazig, Egypt
[18] Ain Shams Univ, Fac Med, Dept Internal Med, Cairo, Egypt
[19] Zagazig Univ, Fac Med, Dept Internal Med, Zagazig, Egypt
[20] Ain Shams Univ, Fac Med, Dept Psychiat, Cairo, Egypt
[21] Helwan Univ, Fac Med, Dept Pediat, Helwan, Egypt
关键词
GENE; PNEUMONIA; VDR; TRANSCRIPTION; ASSOCIATIONS; CHILDREN; BLOCKING;
D O I
10.1038/s41390-022-02275-6
中图分类号
R72 [儿科学];
学科分类号
100202 ;
摘要
BACKGROUND: Given the sparse data on vitamin D status in pediatric COVID-19, we investigated whether vitamin D deficiency could be a risk factor for susceptibility to COVID-19 in Egyptian children and adolescents. We also investigated whether vitamin D receptor (VDR) FokI polymorphism could be a genetic marker for COVID-19 susceptibility. METHODS: One hundred and eighty patients diagnosed to have COVID-19 and 200 matched control children and adolescents were recruited. Patients were laboratory confirmed as SARS-CoV-2 positive by real-time RT-PCR. All participants were genotyped for VDR Fok1 polymorphism by RT-PCR. Vitamin D status was defined as sufficient for serum 25(OH) D at least 30 ng/mL, insufficient at 21-29 ng/mL, deficient at <20 ng/mL. RESULTS: Ninety-four patients (52%) had low vitamin D levels with 74 (41%) being deficient and 20 (11%) had vitamin D insufficiency. Vitamin D deficiency was associated with 2.6-fold increased risk for COVID-19 (OR = 2.6; [95% CI 1.96-4.9]; P = 0.002. The FokI FF genotype was significantly more represented in patients compared to control group (OR = 4.05; [95% CI: 1.95-8.55]; P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Vitamin D deficiency and VDR Fok I polymorphism may constitute independent risk factors for susceptibility to COVID-19 in Egyptian children and adolescents.
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页码:1383 / 1390
页数:8
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