June 2013
Volume 54, Issue 15
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   June 2013
Dietary profile and vitamin A intake in patients with Stargardt Disease and Retinitis Pigmentosa
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • Alba Miele
    Specialistic Surgical Sciences, Eye Clinic, University Of Florence, Italy, Florence, Italy, Italy
  • Andrea Sodi
    Specialistic Surgical Sciences, Eye Clinic, University Of Florence, Italy, Florence, Italy, Italy
  • Giacomo Abbruzzese
    Specialistic Surgical Sciences, Eye Clinic, University Of Florence, Italy, Florence, Italy, Italy
  • Vittoria Murro
    Specialistic Surgical Sciences, Eye Clinic, University Of Florence, Italy, Florence, Italy, Italy
  • Francesco Sofi
    Medical and Surgical Critical Care, University Of Florence, Florence, Italy
    Agency of Nutrition, University Of Florence, Florence, Italy
  • Francesca Cesari
    Medical and Surgical Critical Care, University Of Florence, Florence, Italy
  • Anna Maria Gori
    Medical and Surgical Critical Care, University Of Florence, Florence, Italy
  • Rosanna Abbate
    Medical and Surgical Critical Care, University Of Florence, Florence, Italy
  • Alessandro Casini
    Agency of Nutrition, University Of Florence, Florence, Italy
  • Ugo Menchini
    Specialistic Surgical Sciences, Eye Clinic, University Of Florence, Italy, Florence, Italy, Italy
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships Alba Miele, None; Andrea Sodi, None; Giacomo Abbruzzese, None; Vittoria Murro, None; Francesco Sofi, None; Francesca Cesari, None; Anna Maria Gori, None; Rosanna Abbate, None; Alessandro Casini, None; Ugo Menchini, None
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Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science June 2013, Vol.54, 6330. doi:
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      Alba Miele, Andrea Sodi, Giacomo Abbruzzese, Vittoria Murro, Francesco Sofi, Francesca Cesari, Anna Maria Gori, Rosanna Abbate, Alessandro Casini, Ugo Menchini; Dietary profile and vitamin A intake in patients with Stargardt Disease and Retinitis Pigmentosa. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2013;54(15):6330.

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Abstract

Purpose: Stargardt Diasease (STGD) and Retinits Pigmentosa (RP) are genetic-based relevant ocular diseases which may be affected, in opposite way, by vitamin A intake. Indeed, for STGD patients, the vitamin A intake from diet is recommended to be as low as possible while, in RP patients, vitamin A is usually recommended to be supplemented. Despite these clinical indications, however, no data on nutritional habits of these patients are available. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the dietary habits and nutritional intake of vitamin A in patients with STGD and of RP, in order to seek for possible dietary modifications.

Methods: Dietary habits, vitamin A intake and clinical evaluations were performed in 24 patients with STGD [12 M, 12 F; median age: 34 years (range: 13-64)], and in 56 patients with RP [23 M, 33 F; median age: 45 years (range: 14-85)].

Results: The median intake of vitamin A was 771.1 (range: 266.2-3863.2) mg/day in STGD patients and 871.2 (146.8-7935.8) mg/day in RP patients. According to the recommended daily intake guidelines for the Italian population, we documented in only 6 out of 24 (25%) STGD patients a daily intake of vitamin A within the recommended range (600-700 mg/day) while 14/24 (58.3%) reported a high daily intake (>700 mg/day). With regard to RP, 4/56 (7.1%) reported to be within the recommended range and 37/56 (66.1%) were above the recommended daily intake. Interestingly, STGD patients with low vitamin A intake (<600 mg/day) showed significantly better visual acuity (right eye: 6.8 ± 3.4; left eye: 7.0 ± 3.8 vs. 3.2 ± 2.8 and 3.2 ± 2.7; p=0.04) with respect to those introducing higher intake of vitamin A (>600 mg/day). On the other hand, RP patients with high vitamin A intake (>700 mg/day) showed a higher, albeit not significant, age of onset of the disease (30.8 ± 5.7 years) vs. those reporting low vitamin A intake (25.5 ± 9.0 years).

Conclusions: Our data reported that, despite information on the importance of diet and vitamin A intake, a high proportion of patients with STGD and RP do not follow recommendations for daily intake of vitamin A through the diet. These preliminary data suggest a need of nutritional screening in STGD and RP patients.

Keywords: 761 vitamin A deficiency • 688 retina • 696 retinal degenerations: hereditary  
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