The Relationship between Serum Vitamin D Levels with Allergic Rhinitis Incidence and Total Nasal Symptom Score in Allergic Rhinitis Patients

Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences
Lia RestimuliaHaris Mayaguyang Ekorini

Abstract

Allergic diseases and vitamin D deficiency were found to have a relationship. However, there was limited number of studies on the relationship between vitamin D with allergic rhinitis (AR) and total nasal symptom scores (TNSS), particularly in determining the cut-off points of serum vitamin D levels which correlated to AR. As this particular study has never been conducted in Indonesia, the main objective of this study was to investigate this issue. The research was conducted at Dr Soetomo Hospital, Surabaya in January 2017. A group of 30 subjects were recruited using consecutive sampling. Levels of serum vitamin D were measured using electrochemiluminescence immunoassay (ECLIA) method while the total nasal symptom scores were obtained by accumulating all the nasal symptoms. Data of serum vitamin D levels and TNSS were analysed statistically with the Pearson correlation test. It was found that the mean of serum 25(OH) vitamin D levels (9.13 ng/mL) of the AR group was significantly lower than the non-AR group (26.22 ng/mL) (P = 0.000). The vitamin D cut-off points which correlated to AR was about 12.83 ng/mL (sensitivity = 80%; specificity = 100%). A Pearson correlation test found a strong, negative correlation between vitamin D ...Continue Reading

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Sep 20, 2020·Clinical and Experimental Allergy : Journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology·Qi FengBernard My Cheung
Sep 11, 2020·Human & Experimental Toxicology·A NalbantoğluB Nalbantoğlu
May 16, 2019·Ear, Nose, & Throat Journal·Khaled SaadAmira Elhoufey

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