Title: Study on Serum Vitamin D Levels in Patients with Bronchial Asthma
Authors: Dr Vaddadi Navya Sri, Dr D Radha Krishnan, Dr Yarraguntla Pranathi
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v8i11.83
Abstract
Background: Asthma represents one of the most common chronic diseases and is a major public health problem worldwide. The innate and adaptive immune systems play an important role in the pathogenesis of asthma. Vitamin D has several effects on the innate and adaptive immune system that might be relevant in the primary prevention of asthma and modulation of severity of asthma exacerbations.
Materials and Methods: This is a cross sectional observational study done for 10 months in the Department of General Medicine, King George Hospital, Visakhapatnam, from January 2020 to october 2020. A total of 50 patients of bronchial asthma and 50 controls
Results: The mean serum vitamin D level of bronchial asthma patients were 23 ± 8 ng/ml , among controls it was 30±8ng/ml. This analysis significantly shows that mean serum vitamin D level was low in asthma as compared with controls
Conclusion: Our study concludes that hypovitaminosis D was highly prevalent among patients of bronchial asthma as compared to general population.
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