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ArticleThe British journal of nutrition2022

Association of blood lead level with vitamin D binding protein, total and free 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels in middle-school children.

Abdur Rahman, Reem Al-Sabah, Reem Jallad, Muddanna S Rao

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Article in The British journal of nutrition, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Abdur RahmanDepartment of Food Science and Nutrition, College of Life Sciences, Kuwait University, 5969, Safat13060, Kuwait.ORCID 0000-0002-5115-3053
Reem Al-SabahDepartment of Community Medicine and Behavioural Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait, Kuwait.
Reem JalladDepartment of Food Science and Nutrition, College of Life Sciences, Kuwait University, 5969, Safat13060, Kuwait.
Muddanna S RaoDepartment of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, 24923, Safat13110, Kuwait.
Kuwait University · KW

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Abstract

A negative association between blood Pb level (BPbL) and vitamin D metabolites in occupationally exposed populations has been reported, but data from the general population are scarce. Furthermore, the association between BPbL and vitamin D binding protein (DBP) and free 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) has not been reported. We investigated the association of BPbL with DBP, total and free 25(OH)D in healthy adolescents (n 1347; age range 11-16 years) cross-sectionally selected from all Governorates of Kuwait, utilising multi-stage cluster random sampling. Pb in whole blood was analysed by inductively coupled plasma MS, and DBP with ELISA. Plasma 25(OH)D was analysed by LC-MS/MS, and free 25(OH)D was calculated utilising the levels and binding affinities of DBP and albumin for 25(OH)D. DBP was positively associated with BPbL (β = 0·81; 95 % CI 0·14, 0·22; P < 0·001). A negative association between BPbL and total 25(OH)D was non-significant (P = 0·24) when BPbL was used as a continuous variable but was significant when used as quartiles (P = 0·02). The negative association between BPbL and free 25(OH)D was significant whether BPbL was used as continuous, as quartiles or as cut-off point of <5 µg/dl (0·24 µmol/l). In multinomial logistic regression, the odds of vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency were more than two-fold higher in the upper quartiles of BPbL compared with the lowest quartile. The negative correlation of BPbL with free 25(OH)D was more robust than its correlation with total 25(OH)D. Future studies must consider the levels of DBP when assessing the association between Pb and vitamin D metabolites.

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Vitamin D-Binding ProteinVitamin D DeficiencyAdolescentCalcifediolChildChromatography, LiquidDNA-Binding ProteinsHumansLeadTandem Mass SpectrometryTranscription FactorsVitamin D25-hydroxyvitamin DCalcifediolDBP protein, humanDNA-Binding ProteinsLeadTranscription FactorsVitamin DVitamin D-Binding Protein25-hydroxyvitamin DAdolescentsFree 25-hydroxyvitamin DLeadVitamin D binding protein

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