The association between vitamin D status and inflammatory bowel disease among children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

Vitamin D deficiency is very common among children with IBD. Since there are conflicting results regarding the association of vitamin D with IBD, we conducted this systematic review to confirm the association of vitamin D with IBD.

Methods

We conducted a systematic search in Scopus, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, PubMed, and Google Scholar to find relevant studies. Articles with cross-sectional and case-control designs that reported the association between vitamin D and IBD among children were included.

Results

Eventually, 9 studies (with 16 effect sizes) reported the mean and SD or the median and the interquartile range of serum vitamin D levels in both subjects with IBD and control subjects. The random effects meta-analysis revealed that subjects with IBD had

SUBMITTER: Fatahi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9868587 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature