UDC

577.16:57.045

Authors

Natal’ya N. Potolitsyna*, Evgeniy R. Boyko*
*Institute of Physiology, Komi Science Centre, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Syktyvkar, Russian Federation)

Abstract

Geographical latitude is one of the integrating factors that may reflect the joint impact of nutritional status and climatic-geographical conditions. These factors can strongly influence the metabolic processes and contribute to vitamin imbalance in the body, both in terms of intake and expenditure. The paper aimed to study the vitamin status in residents of the European North of Russia (61–67°N). The study involved both children (7–17 years old, n = 1449) and adults (18–86 years old, n = 5098) living in different areas of the Komi Republic and the Arkhangelsk Region. The levels of vitamins A and E were determined by the fluorimetric method, vitamin C by visual titration with Tillman’s reagent, vitamins B1 and B2 by the activity of vitamin-dependent erythrocyte enzymes, and vitamin D by enzyme immunoassay for measuring 25-hydroxyvitamin D3. We found a wide variability in vitamin status values in the sample. The smallest number of subjects had vitamin C deficiency (12 %), while the greatest, vitamin D deficiency (73 %). Vitamin status in male and female population did not differ significantly. We established a correlation between the level of vitamins B1, B2, E and D and the geographical latitude. The most significant changes in vitamin levels of children living between 61 and 67°N concerned vitamins B1 and E, the range between min and max being 27 % and 15 %, respectively. In adults, the most significant changes were found in the levels of vitamins B1, B2 and E, the range between min and max being 16 %, 24 % and 31 %, respectively.

Keywords

vitamin status, residents of the European North of Russia, geographical latitude

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