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Serum levels of 25(OH) vitamin D and immunoglobulin E in infants with bronchiolitis
• 2017
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Bahaa El Din Mohamed Hassanein a, Doaa Refaey Soliman a,
Sahar Mohamed Abd Elhameed Fayed b, Mohamed Mosaad Mohamed Suleiman a,*
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Abstract
of this study: The aim of this study was to estimate and find the relationship between both
25(OH) vitamin D and immunoglobulin E serum levels and bronchiolitis in infancy.
Methods: We quantified serum 25(OH) D and serum immunoglobulin E using (ELISA) in 50
infants with bronchiolitis and 31 healthy controls of matched age and sex.
Results: The mean serum 25(OH) vitamin D was significantly lower in cases than in controls; it was
(12.3 ±3.9 & 26.2 ±10.0 ng/ml, respectively with p=0.003). The mean serum IgE was significantly
higher in cases than in controls; It was (170 ±66 & 43.8 ±14.2 IU/ml, respectively and
p= 0.01). Serum IgE showed a non-significant negative correlation with serum 25(OH) vitamin
D (r= 0.141, p= >0.05).
Conclusions: Serum 25(OH) vitamin D was found in decreased quantities in infants with bronchiolitis
and it was negatively correlated with serum IgE, suggesting that vitamin D may play a role in
the pathogenesis of bronchiolitis.
2016 The Egyptian Pediatric Association. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access
article under the CC BY-NC-ND license
25(OH) vitamin D and immunoglobulin E serum levels and bronchiolitis in infancy.
Methods: We quantified serum 25(OH) D and serum immunoglobulin E using (ELISA) in 50
infants with bronchiolitis and 31 healthy controls of matched age and sex.
Results: The mean serum 25(OH) vitamin D was significantly lower in cases than in controls; it was
(12.3 ±3.9 & 26.2 ±10.0 ng/ml, respectively with p=0.003). The mean serum IgE was significantly
higher in cases than in controls; It was (170 ±66 & 43.8 ±14.2 IU/ml, respectively and
p= 0.01). Serum IgE showed a non-significant negative correlation with serum 25(OH) vitamin
D (r= 0.141, p= >0.05).
Conclusions: Serum 25(OH) vitamin D was found in decreased quantities in infants with bronchiolitis
and it was negatively correlated with serum IgE, suggesting that vitamin D may play a role in
the pathogenesis of bronchiolitis.
2016 The Egyptian Pediatric Association. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access
article under the CC BY-NC-ND license