The Association Between Serum Vitamin D3 Levels and Autism Among Jordanian Boys.
Loai AlzghoulLaith N Al-EitanMohammad AladawiMaher OdehOsama Abu HantashPublished in: Journal of autism and developmental disorders (2020)
This study assesses the correlation between vitamin-D deficiency and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in Jordan. We performed a case-controlled cross-sectional analysis to assess vitamin D levels in 83 children with ASD aged less than 8 years old compared to 106 healthy controls. In addition, the association between vitamin D deficiencies and gastrointestinal (GI) complains and electroencephalogram (EEG) abnormalities commonly found in children with ASD was investigated. Vitamin D levels in ASD patients were significantly lower. Also, Vitamin D levels in ASD patients had significant correlation with GI complains, but no correlation between vitamin D levels and Ca2+or EEG abnormalities was detected. These data suggest a possible role for vitamin D deficiency in the pathophysiology of ASD.
Keyphrases
- autism spectrum disorder
- intellectual disability
- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- prognostic factors
- cross sectional
- chronic kidney disease
- young adults
- peritoneal dialysis
- working memory
- functional connectivity
- resting state
- single molecule
- high density