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dc.contributor.author | Ruža, Ieva | - |
dc.contributor.author | Lucāne, Zane | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-08-16T21:03:30Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2022-08-16T21:03:30Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Ruža , I & Lucāne , Z 2018 , ' Serum and urinary calcium level in Latvian patients with sarcoidosis ' , Reumatologia , vol. 56 , no. 6 , pp. 377-381 . https://doi.org/10.5114/reum.2018.80715 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0034-6233 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.rsu.lv/jspui/handle/123456789/9433 | - |
dc.description | Publisher Copyright: Copyright © 2018 Termedia Publishing House Ltd. All rights reserved.. | - |
dc.description.abstract | Objectives: Sarcoidosis is a multisystem granulomatous disease of unknown etiology that in 90% of cases affects the lungs. Calcium metabolism testing can be useful in diagnostics. The aim of the study was to assess the correlation between calcium metabolism and sarcoidosis form of manifestation/demographic indicators. Material and methods: In a retrospective study medical records of all patients (n = 699) who had been hospitalized with suspected sarcoidosis in a specialized clinic of Riga Eastern Clinical University Hospital during the period from January 1 st , 2013 until December 31 st , 2014 were analyzed. Further analysis included only patients with histologically and/or clinically confirmed sarcoidosis (n = 281). Results: Patients' average age at the time of diagnosis was 39 ±13 years. Elevated serum calcium was observed in 9.9% of cases. A statistically significant correlation was found between serum calcium and age (p < 0.01). There was an association between serum calcium and gender (p < 0.05) - levels were higher in men (2.43 mmol/l) than in women (2.40 mmol/l). Elevated calcium in 24-hour urine was observed in 22.7% of patients. The mean value was 232.3 mg/24 h, levels were higher in men (258.7 mg/24 h) than in women (202.3 mg/24 h), and the association with gender was statistically significant (p < 0.01). Conclusions: We can conclude that in Latvia sarcoidosis affects mostly young and middle-aged people. Both serum calcium and calcium in 24-hour urine are important parameters for sarcoidosis diagnostics. Hypercalcemia was found in 9.9% of patients, hypercalciuria in 22.7% of patients, and both were statistically significantly higher in men, regardless of age. | en |
dc.format.extent | 5 | - |
dc.format.extent | 72676 | - |
dc.language.iso | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Reumatologia | - |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | - |
dc.subject | Hypercalcemia | - |
dc.subject | Sarcoidosis | - |
dc.subject | Serum calcium level | - |
dc.subject | 3.2 Clinical medicine | - |
dc.subject | 1.1. Scientific article indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database | - |
dc.subject | Rheumatology | - |
dc.title | Serum and urinary calcium level in Latvian patients with sarcoidosis | en |
dc.type | /dk/atira/pure/researchoutput/researchoutputtypes/contributiontojournal/article | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.5114/reum.2018.80715 | - |
dc.identifier.url | http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85059556616&partnerID=8YFLogxK | - |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | - |
Appears in Collections: | Research outputs from Pure / Zinātniskās darbības rezultāti no ZDIS Pure |
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