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КЛИНИЧЕСКИЕ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЯ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>ORIGINAL ARTICLES. CLINICAL INVESTIGATIONS</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>ЗНАЧЕНИЕ СЕЗОННОГО ФАКТОРА В ОЦЕНКЕ СТАТУСА ВИТАМИНА D У ПАЦИЕНТОВ С РАННИМИ СТАДИЯМИ ХРОНИЧЕСКОЙ БОЛЕЗНИ ПОЧЕК</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>SIGNIFICANCE OF SEASONAL FACTOR IN EVALUATION OF VITAMIN D STATUS AT PATIENTS WITH EARLY STAGES OF CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Волков</surname><given-names>М. М.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Volkov</surname><given-names>M. M.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Кафедра пропедевтики внутренних болезней</p><p>197022, Санкт-Петербург, ул. Л. Толстого, д. 17, тел.:8-812-234-01-65</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">vmm58@mail.ru</email></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Рафрафи</surname><given-names>Х.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Rafrafi</surname><given-names>H.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Кафедра пропедевтики внутренних болезней</p></bio></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Смирнов</surname><given-names>А. В.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Smirnov</surname><given-names>A. V.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Кафедра пропедевтики внутренних болезней</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-2"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru">Научно-исследовательский институт нефрологии, Санкт-Петербургский государственный медицинский университет им. акад. И.П.Павлова<country>Россия</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2012</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>10</day><month>02</month><year>2012</year></pub-date><volume>16</volume><issue>2</issue><fpage>79</fpage><lpage>83</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Волков М.М., Рафрафи Х., Смирнов А.В., 2012</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2012</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Волков М.М., Рафрафи Х., Смирнов А.В.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Volkov M.M., Rafrafi H., Smirnov A.V.</copyright-holder><license license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journal.nephrolog.ru/jour/article/view/581">https://journal.nephrolog.ru/jour/article/view/581</self-uri><abstract><p>ЦЕЛЬ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЯ: определить влияние сезонного фактора на статус витамина D (ВД) у пациентов с ранними стадиями хронической болезни почек (ХБП). ПАЦИЕНТЫ И МЕТОДЫ. Обследованы 94 пациентов с ХБП 1–4 стадии, м/ж – 45/49, 60,1±12,6 года, в большинстве с диабетической нефропатией (91,2 %). Помимо обычных показателей, иммуноферментным методом были определены 25(OH)D и 1,25(OH)2D. РЕЗУЛЬТАТЫ. Дефицит 25(OH)D (уровень ниже 30 нмоль/л) выявлен у 14,9% пациентов, недостаточность (30–75 нмоль/л) – у 55,4% и оптимальные значения (выше 75 нмоль/л) – у 29,7%. В 63,8% случаев обнаружен дефицит 1,25(OH)2D (концентрация в сыворотке ниже 53 пмоль/л). Уровень 25(OH)D, определенный у пациентов осенью (n=30), был выше, чем весной (n=64; р=0,002). По данным множественного регрессионного анализа, выявлена также тенденция сезонных изменений значений 1,25(OH)2D (p=0,09), обусловленных колебаниями уровня 25(OH)D. ЗАКЛЮЧЕНИЕ. Недостаточность и дефицит 25(OH)D часто наблюдаются у пациентов с ХБП 1–4 стадии. Уровень 25(OH)D имеет значительные сезонные колебания, что приводит к некоторым сезонным изменениям концентрации 1,25(OH)2D.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><p>AIM OF RESEARCH: to define the esimate of seasonal factor on vitamin D (VD) status in patients with early stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD). PATIENTS AND METHODS. There were examined 94 patients with CKD of 1-4 stage, male/female – 45/49, 60,1±12,6 years mainly with diabetic nephropathy (91,2%). Besides usual factors by immunoenzyme method were estimated 25(OH)D and 1,25(OH)2D. RESULTS. Defficiency of 25(OH)D (level is lower 30 nM/l) was diagnosed at 14,9% of patients, insufficiency (30-75 nM/l) – at 55,4% and optimal value (higher than 75 nM/l) – at 29,7%. In 63,8% of cases insufficiency of 1,25(OH)2D was defined (concentration in serum lower than 53nM/l). In autumn level of 25(OH)D (n=30) was higher than in spring (n=64, p=0,002). According to data of multiple regression analysis was defined tendention of value seasonal variations of 1,25(OH)2D (p=0,09) due to escurtion of 25(OH)D. CONCLUSION. Insufficiency and defficiency of 25(OH)D are regular at patients with chronic kidney disease of 1-4 stage. Level of 25(OH)D have serious seasonal variations which provide some seasonal variations of 1,25(OH)2D concentration.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>витамин D</kwd><kwd>25(OH)D</kwd><kwd>1</kwd><kwd>25(OH)2D</kwd><kwd>хроническая болезнь почек</kwd><kwd>сезонные колебания</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>vitamin D</kwd><kwd>25(OH)D</kwd><kwd>1</kwd><kwd>25(OH)2D</kwd><kwd>chronic kidney disease</kwd><kwd>seasonal variations</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Смирнов АВ, Волков ММ, Добронравов ВА. 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