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.
MeSH terms
- Adolescent
- Avitaminosis / drug therapy*
- Avitaminosis / epidemiology
- Avitaminosis / etiology
- Child
- Dietary Supplements*
- Female
- Folic Acid / blood
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / complications*
- Male
- Minerals / blood
- Minerals / therapeutic use*
- Nutritional Status
- Trace Elements / blood
- Trace Elements / deficiency
- Trace Elements / therapeutic use*
- Vitamin A / blood
- Vitamin A / therapeutic use
- Vitamin D / blood
- Vitamin D / therapeutic use
- Vitamin E / blood
- Vitamin E / therapeutic use
- Vitamins / blood
- Vitamins / therapeutic use*
- Zinc / blood
- Zinc / deficiency
- Zinc / therapeutic use*
Substances
- Minerals
- Trace Elements
- Vitamins
- Vitamin A
- Vitamin D
- Vitamin E
- Folic Acid
- Zinc