TY - JOUR
T1 - Temporal relationship between vitamin D status and parathyroid hormone in the United States
AU - Kroll, Martin H.
AU - Bi, Caixia
AU - Garber, Carl C.
AU - Kaufman, Harvey W.
AU - Liu, Dungang
AU - Caston-Balderrama, Anne
AU - Zhang, Ke
AU - Clarke, Nigel
AU - Xie, Minge
AU - Reitz, Richard E.
AU - Suffin, Stephen C.
AU - Holick, Michael F.
N1 - Funding Information:
Michael F. Holick has read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: this work was funded by Quest Diagnostics. Stephen Suffin, Caixia Bi, Martin Kroll, Carl Garber, and Harvey Kaufman were employed by and received stock/stock options from Quest Diagnostics. Martin Kroll’s prior employer was Boston University. Dungang Liu, Minge Xie, Anne Caston-Balderrama, Nigel Clarke, and Richard E. Reitz received a consulting fee or honorarium from Quest Diagnostics. Michael F. Holick was Academic Associate of Quest Diagnostics. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
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PY - 2015/3/4
Y1 - 2015/3/4
N2 - Background: Interpretation of parathyroid hormone (iPTH) requires knowledge of vitamin D status that is influenced by season. Objective: Characterize the temporal relationship between 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 levels [25(OH)D3] and intact iPTH for several seasons, by gender and latitude in the U.S. and relate 25-hydrovitamin D2[25(OH)D2] levels with PTH levels and total 25(OH)D levels. Method: We retrospectively determined population weekly-mean concentrations of unpaired [25(OH)D2 and 25(OH)D3] and iPTH using 3.8 million laboratory results of adults. The 25(OH)D3 and iPTH distributions were normalized and the means fit with a sinusoidal function for both gender and latitudes: North >40, Central 32-40 and South <32 degrees. We analyzed PTH and total 25(OH)D separately in samples with detectable 25(OH)D2(≥4 ng/mL). Findings: Seasonal variation was observed for all genders and latitudes. 25(OH)D3 peaks occurred in September and troughs in March. iPTH levels showed an inverted pattern of peaks and troughs relative to 25(OH)D3, with a delay of 4 weeks. Vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency was common (33% <20 ng/mL; 60% <30 ng/mL) as was elevated iPTH levels (33%>65 pg/mL). The percentage of patients deficient in 25(OH)D3 seasonally varied from 21% to 48% and the percentage with elevated iPTH reciprocally varied from 28% to 38%. Patients with detectable 25(OH)D2 had higher PTH levels and 57% of the samples with a total 25 (OH)D > 50 ng/mL had detectable 25(OH)D2. Interpretation: 25(OH)D3 and iPTH levels vary in a sinusoidal pattern throughout the year, even in vitamin D2 treated patients; 25(OH)D3, being higher in the summer and lower in the winter months, with iPTH showing the reverse pattern. A large percentage of the tested population showed vitamin D deficiency and secondary hyperparathyroidism. These observations held across three latitudinal regions, both genders, multiple-years, and in the presence or absence of detectable 25(OH)D2, and thus are applicable for patient care.
AB - Background: Interpretation of parathyroid hormone (iPTH) requires knowledge of vitamin D status that is influenced by season. Objective: Characterize the temporal relationship between 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 levels [25(OH)D3] and intact iPTH for several seasons, by gender and latitude in the U.S. and relate 25-hydrovitamin D2[25(OH)D2] levels with PTH levels and total 25(OH)D levels. Method: We retrospectively determined population weekly-mean concentrations of unpaired [25(OH)D2 and 25(OH)D3] and iPTH using 3.8 million laboratory results of adults. The 25(OH)D3 and iPTH distributions were normalized and the means fit with a sinusoidal function for both gender and latitudes: North >40, Central 32-40 and South <32 degrees. We analyzed PTH and total 25(OH)D separately in samples with detectable 25(OH)D2(≥4 ng/mL). Findings: Seasonal variation was observed for all genders and latitudes. 25(OH)D3 peaks occurred in September and troughs in March. iPTH levels showed an inverted pattern of peaks and troughs relative to 25(OH)D3, with a delay of 4 weeks. Vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency was common (33% <20 ng/mL; 60% <30 ng/mL) as was elevated iPTH levels (33%>65 pg/mL). The percentage of patients deficient in 25(OH)D3 seasonally varied from 21% to 48% and the percentage with elevated iPTH reciprocally varied from 28% to 38%. Patients with detectable 25(OH)D2 had higher PTH levels and 57% of the samples with a total 25 (OH)D > 50 ng/mL had detectable 25(OH)D2. Interpretation: 25(OH)D3 and iPTH levels vary in a sinusoidal pattern throughout the year, even in vitamin D2 treated patients; 25(OH)D3, being higher in the summer and lower in the winter months, with iPTH showing the reverse pattern. A large percentage of the tested population showed vitamin D deficiency and secondary hyperparathyroidism. These observations held across three latitudinal regions, both genders, multiple-years, and in the presence or absence of detectable 25(OH)D2, and thus are applicable for patient care.
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U2 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0118108
DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0118108
M3 - Article
C2 - 25738588
AN - SCOPUS:84928998760
SN - 1932-6203
VL - 10
JO - PloS one
JF - PloS one
IS - 3
M1 - e0118108
ER -