Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Journal (Feb 2022)

Vitamin D status in Pulmonary Tuberculosis : a case control study

  • Shailesh Sah,
  • Sunil Kumar Biswas,
  • Tonmoy Biswas,
  • Rajashish Chakrabortty,
  • Shishir Sikto Sarker,
  • Md Nazmul Hasan,
  • ABM Abdullah

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3329/bsmmuj.v14i3.56604
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 3

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Pulmonary tuberculosis is the major cause of morbidity and mortality in the developing world. In South Asia, 80% of the apparently healthy population have vitamin D deficiency (30ng/ml as normal. Thirty partici- pants in each group were enrolled, from whom serum vitamin D concentration was measured, analyzed and interpreted. Mean serum vitamin D level was significantly low in case group than control group (p <0.05). The odds ratio corresponding to vitamin D deficiency in case group compared to control was 5.21 [95% CI (1.12 –27.53), (p= 0.015)]. Result indicates patients having vitamin D level <20 ng/ml has 5.21 times more risk to develop pulmonary tuberculo- sis. In conclusion, Vitamin D deficiency was significantly low in pulmonary tuberculo- sis patients and supplementation is required for them. BSMMU J 2021; 14(3): 85-91

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