A Hospital Based Study to Establish the Correlation between Recurrent Wheeze and Vitamin D Deficiency Among Children of Age Group Less than 3 Years in Indian Scenario

Early childhood wheezing is a heterogeneous condition, which has several phenotypic expressions and a complex relationship with the development of asthma later in life. New studies indicate the prevalence of recurrent wheeze to be associated with Vitamin D deficiency. This has not been explored in I...

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Published in:Journal of clinical and diagnostic research 2016-02, Vol.10 (2), p.SC18-SC21
Main Authors: Prasad, Santosh, Rana, Rishabh Kumar, Sheth, Ronak, Mauskar, Anupama V
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
delayed complementary feed
early childhood
exclusive breast feeding
logistic regression analysis
Paediatrics Section
predictors
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Summary:Early childhood wheezing is a heterogeneous condition, which has several phenotypic expressions and a complex relationship with the development of asthma later in life. New studies indicate the prevalence of recurrent wheeze to be associated with Vitamin D deficiency. This has not been explored in Indian settings widely, mandating this exploration. To determine the severity of Vitamin D deficiency and its association with recurrent wheeze in children less than 3 years of age. Consecutive type of non-probability sampling was followed for selection of study subjects with a total sample size to be 122 children in the Hospital setting. A pre- formed, pre- tested, structured interview schedule was used to obtain information. Estimation of 25 (OH) Vitamin D was done using ELISA method. Kit used for estimation was DLD Diagnostika GMBH 25(OH) Vitamin D ELISA from Germany. Standard statistical tools were used including Logistic regression analysis, and ROC curve, p value
ISSN:2249-782X
0973-709X
DOI:10.7860/JCDR/2016/17318.7287