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. 2022 Jul 27;17(1):100.
doi: 10.1007/s11657-022-01137-2.

Reconsidering vitamin D optimal values based on parathyroid hormone levels in a North Algerian cohort: stratification by gender and season

Salam Bennouar  1 , Abdelghani Bachir Cherif  2 , Mohamed Makrelouf  3 , Belaid Ait Abdelkader  4 , Abdelhalim Taleb  2 , Samia Abdi  5
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Reconsidering vitamin D optimal values based on parathyroid hormone levels in a North Algerian cohort: stratification by gender and season

Salam Bennouar et al. Arch Osteoporos. .

Abstract

"Health-based threshold value" is used to define the optimal cutoff of vitamin D. This approach is based on the hypothesis of a secondary hyperparathyroidism associated with hypovitaminosis D. We define the optimal values in a North Algerian population. The optimal value is 25.0 ng/ml in men and 30.0 ng/ml in women.

Purpose/introduction: There is no consensus defining the vitamin D optimal values. The aim of this study is to establish vitamin D optimal values in the Northern Algerian population, based on its skeletal effects as represented by the inverse relationship between 25-hydroxy vitamin D (25(OH) D) and parathyroid hormone (PTH).

Methods: 451 healthy volunteers of both genders, aged 19 to 79 years, were enrolled in a cross-sectional study conducted at the medical analysis laboratory of the University Hospital of Blida, Algeria. 25(OH) D was assessed by a sequential competitive immuno-fluoroassay technique. Determination of vitamin D optimal values was performed based on the kinetic relationship between 25(OH) D and PTH, as explored by inverse nonlinear regression on a spline plots curve. The optimal value represents the 25(OH) D level at which PTH ceases to increase and reaches a virtual plateau.

Results: In men and women, respectively, the 25 (OH) D thresholds are estimated at 25.0 ng/ml and 30 ng/ml, above this value, PTH stabilizes in a virtual plateau, estimated at 22.3 pg/ml and 26.8 pg/ml. In warm and cold seasons, respectively, the 25 (OH) D cut-offs are estimated at 30.0 ng/ml and 25.0 ng/ml, from these values, the PTH stabilizes in a virtual plateau, estimated at 21.5 pg/ml and 27.7 pg/ml.

Conclusion: In this study, the optimal values of 25(OH) D were defined for the first time in a North Algerian adult population. The optimal value is 25.0 ng/ml in men and 30.0 ng/ml in women.

Keywords: 25-Hydroxyvitamin D; Inverse non-linear regression; Optimal value; Parathyroid hormone.

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