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
Author(s) -
Santosh Prasad,
Rishabh Kumar Rana,
Ronak K. Sheth,
Anupama Mauskar
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/17318.7287
Subject(s) - medicine , wheeze , logistic regression , pediatrics , asthma , incidence (geometry) , vitamin a deficiency , odds ratio , vitamin d deficiency , vitamin , vitamin d and neurology , retinol , mathematics , geometry
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.
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