Asia Pac Allergy.  2012 Jan;2(1):45-48. 10.5415/apallergy.2012.2.1.45.

Vitamin D serum levels in allergic rhinitis: any difference from normal population?

• Arshi S
• Ghalehbaghi B
• Kamrava SK
• Aminlou M

• KMID: 2397410
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5415/apallergy.2012.2.1.45

Abstract

BACKGROUND
Recently it has been suggested that, the worldwide increase in allergic diseases such as asthma, allergic rhinitis and food allergy is associated with low vitamin D intake.
OBJECTIVE
This study measured the vitamin D levels in patients with allergic rhinitis and compared the results with the general population.
METHODS
Vitamin D levels were assessed in 50 patients with allergic rhinitis diagnosed clinically by Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma 2008 criteria and the result of skin prick test for aeroallergens. There was no control group, and the study results were compared with the results of another study evaluating vitamin D status in the 5,329 people of normal population of Iran.
RESULTS
The prevalence of severe vitamin D deficiency was significantly higher in patients with allergic rhinitis than the normal population, 30% and 5.1% respectively (p = 0.03). Also women with allergic rhinitis had lower vitamin D levels.
CONCLUSION
Measuring vitamin D serum levels could be helpful in the routine assessment of patients with allergic rhinitis in Iran.

Keyword

Vitamin D; Allergic rhinitis

MeSH Terms

Asthma
Female
Food Hypersensitivity
Humans
Iran
Prevalence
Rhinitis, Allergic*
Skin
Vitamin D Deficiency
Vitamin D*
Vitamins*
Vitamin D
Vitamins

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