MICRONUTRIENT STATUS AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH INFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY IN PATIENTS WITH ULCERATIVE COLITIS

Abstract

Assessing  micronutrient  status  may  provide  additional  information  when  evaluating  patients  with  ulcerative  colitis  (UC).  However,  differences  in  micronutrient  concentrations  between  patient  groups  should  be  distinguished  from  associations  with  clinical  severity  and  inflammatory  activity.  Understanding  these  relationships  is  important  for  selecting  individualised 
supplementation  rather  than  prescribing  multiple  vitamin  and  mineral  preparations  routinely.