Serum level of vitamin D and trace elements in children with recurrent wheezing: a cross-sectional study

We aimed to show the relationship between recurrence of wheezing and serum levels of vitamin D, zinc, and copper in wheezy children compared with a healthy group. In this cross sectional study, seventy-three children with wheezing and seventy-five controls were included without a follow-up period. T...

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Published in:BMC pediatrics 2014-10, Vol.14 (1), p.270-270, Article 270
Main Authors: Uysalol, Metin, Uysalol, Ezgi Pasli, Yilmaz, Yasin, Parlakgul, Gunes, Ozden, Tulin Ayse, Ertem, Hayriye Vehid, Omer, Beyhan, Uzel, Nedret
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Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Asthma - blood
Biomarkers - blood
Case-Control Studies
Children & youth
Copper - blood
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Humans
Infant
Male
Measurement
Metabolic disorders
Recurrence
Respiratory Sounds
Respiratory Syncytial Viruses - isolation & purification
Rhinovirus - isolation & purification
Risk Assessment
Studies
Vitamin D
Vitamin D - blood
Wheeze
Zinc - blood
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Summary:We aimed to show the relationship between recurrence of wheezing and serum levels of vitamin D, zinc, and copper in wheezy children compared with a healthy group. In this cross sectional study, seventy-three children with wheezing and seventy-five controls were included without a follow-up period. The clinical characteristics of the children were assessed, the asthma predictive index and temporal pattern of wheeze were determined. The serum levels of vitamin D, zinc, and copper were measured. Pearson correlation analysis was used to evaluate the relationship between homogeneously distributed variables. Thirty-two of the seventy-three children (43.8%) had more than three wheezing attacks (recurrent wheezing). The Asthma Predictive Index index was positive in 26 patients (35.6%). When classified to temporal pattern of wheeze, fifty-three of the study group (72.6%) had episodic wheezing and the remainder (27.4%) was classified as multiple-trigger wheezing. We found no overall significant difference between the study and control group in terms of vitamin D and trace elements . The vitamin D and zinc levels were significantly lower and serum copper and copper/zinc ratio was significantly higher in patients with recurrent wheezing (p =0.03, p
ISSN:1471-2431
1471-2431
DOI:10.1186/1471-2431-14-270