Open AccessVitamin D Levels and Associations in Indian Patients with Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome
Author(s) -
Pulukool Sandhya,
Gowri Mahasampath,
Puneet Mashru,
Joseph Dian Bondu,
Victoria Job,
Debashish Danda
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/28493.10697
Subject(s) - medicine , vitamin d and neurology , odds ratio , rheumatoid arthritis , rheumatology , confidence interval , vitamin d deficiency , gastroenterology
Vitamin D is a steroid hormone belonging to the class of secosteroids with myriad immune functions and has been implicated in aetiopathogenesis of various autoimmune diseases. Although, there have been various studies showing the association of vitamin D in rheumatoid arthritis and lupus in different populations, there have been limited studies on vitamin D and primary Sjögren's Syndrome (pSS). There are no studies on association of vitamin D and pSS from any tropical country including Indian subcontinent.