Research Journal of Medical Sciences
ISSN: Online 1993-6095ISSN: Print 1815-9346
Abstract
The non‐ transmissible illness of pneumonia affects people all over the world and has serious negative effects on both young people's and adolescents' medical care, including high morbidity as well as, in extreme situations, fatality. Worldwide, there is evidence of vitamin D insufficiency in various groups, including children. The vital significance that vitamin D plays in immunoregulation as well as its association with hypersensitivity like asthma needs to be studied. The goals of this study were to look at the relationship between blood levels of vitamin D and the severity of asthma in children. This was an analytical cross sectional study. The present study was conducted from This study was designed and executed out at the Institute of Child and Women Health, Niloufer Hospital, Hyderabad. About 80 children with asthma attending Out‐patient and Inpatient Departments of Niloufer Hospital. After meeting the eligibility requirements, the individuals were accepted into the investigation. A written permission has been obtained from the guardians. A thorough clinical examination and a detailed history taking were performed. Vitamin D levels were estimated using chemiluminescent method. Routine clinical investigations related to the study were done and analysed. The usual equations SPSSv. About 21 were used for analysing statistics. A statistically significant difference was defined as a p<0.05. A significant number of the attendees included male. About 25% (20 patients) of the population had Intermittent asthma, 57.5% (46 patients) had mild persistent asthma and 17.5% (14 patients) had moderate persistent asthma. Majority from the mild persistent group 25 patients had 2 exacerbations and 12 patients had 3 exacerbations. About 10% of the intermittent group, 43.5% of the mild persistent group and 57.1% of the moderate persistent group had deficient vitamin D levels. 65% of the intermittent group, 24% of the mild persistent group and 28% of the moderate persistent group had insufficient vitamin D levels. About 5% of the intermittent group, 15% of the mild persistent group and 2% of the moderate persistent group have enough quantities of Vitamin D. According to our findings, there is a high frequency of Vitamin D inadequacy and impairment in asthmatics. Also the severity of asthma is better correlated with more deficient levels.
How to cite this article:
T. Radhakishan, Balabadra Sravanthi, Shabbeer Ahmed and Arshad Quadri. A Study of Vitamin D Levels and its Correlation with Asthma in Children Aged 2‐12 Years.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/10.59218/makrjms.2023.358.361
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