The assessment of vitamin D sufficiency in children with functional abdominal pain disorders living in conditions of military conflict

Abstract

The aim of the work was to assess the level of vitamin D sufficiency in school -age children with functional abdominal pain disorders. 115 school -age children suffering from functional abdominal pain disorders were examined. Diagnosis of functional gastrointestinal pathology in children was based on Recommendations of Russian Society of Pediatric Gastroenterologists, Hepatologists and Nutritionists (2019). The level of vitamin D sufficiency was studied in all examined patients by determination of serum calcidiol level. It is established that for school -age children suffering from functional abdominal pain the presence of insufficient vitamin D is characteristic.