Is Supplementation Efficacious in Maintaining Adequate Plasma Levels of Vitamin A and E for Thalassemic Patients Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation? A Cross-Sectional Study

Ava Mansouri; Mannan Hajimahmoodi; Molouk Hadjibabaie; Amir-Ali Hamidieh; Alireza  Ahmadvand; Sahebeh Kazempanah; Naficeh Sadeghi; Ardeshir Ghavamzadeh

Innovative Journal of Pediatrics

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Is Supplementation Efficacious in Maintaining Adequate Plasma Levels of Vitamin A and E for Thalassemic Patients Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation? A Cross-Sectional Study

Author(s):

Ava Mansouri^1,*,

Mannan Hajimahmoodi²,

Molouk Hadjibabaie³,

Amir-Ali Hamidieh⁴,

Alireza Ahmadvand⁵,

Sahebeh Kazempanah⁶,

Naficeh Sadeghi⁷,

Ardeshir Ghavamzadeh⁸

Innovative Journal of Pediatrics:Vol. 24, issue 1; 35-41

Published online:Jan 02, 2014

Article type:Research Article

Received:Feb 27, 2013

Accepted:Nov 18, 2013

How to Cite:Mansouri A, Hajimahmoodi M, Hadjibabaie M, Hamidieh A, Ahmadvand A, et al. Is Supplementation Efficacious in Maintaining Adequate Plasma Levels of Vitamin A and E for Thalassemic Patients Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation? A Cross-Sectional Study.Inn J Pediatr.2014;24(1):35-41.

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Objective: Thalassemia along with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) can lead to major oxidative stress. Vitamins A and E are antioxidants which protect membrane from lipid peroxidation. We sought to determine for the first time, whether vitamins A and E supplementation is efficacious in maintaining or increasing plasma level of these vitamins in thalassemic children undergoing HSCT. Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed on 50 children with β-thalassemia major hospitalized for HSCT. Patients took a daily multivitamin. Plasma vitamins A and E levels were measured at four different times: on admission, HSCT day (day 0), day 7 and day 14 after HSCT. Findings: Plasma vitamin A and E were abnormal on admission in most patients (62.0% and 60.0% respectively). Ratio of patient with normal to abnormal plasma level of the vitamins improved from baseline to a peak on day 7 then deteriorated afterward until day 14. There was an increasingly positive correlation between daily oral intake and plasma vitamin A at different times, but plasma vitamin E showed inverse correlation at first which tended towards no correlation subsequently. In multivariate analysis, supplementation significantly changed plasma level of vitamin A at different measurement time (P=0.001) within study subjects. But, plasma level of vitamin E showed no significant difference (P=0.2). Conclusion: Our findings suggest that oral supplementation could have beneficial effects due to increasing plasma vitamin A level and preventing plasma vitamin E depletion.

Keywords

Thalassemia

Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

Vitamin A

Vitamin E

Dietary Supplements

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