articleAmerican Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care MedicineJan 29, 2009GREEN OA

Serum Vitamin D Levels and Markers of Severity of Childhood Asthma in Costa Rica

JMJohn M. BrehmJCJuan C. CeledónMEManuel E. Soto-QuirósLÁLydiana ÁvilaGMGary M. Hunninghake

Brigham and Women's Hospital · Harvard University · +3 more institutions

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Abstract

Objectives

To determine the relationship between measured vitamin D levels and both markers of asthma severity and allergy in childhood.

Methods

We examined the relation between 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels (the major circulating form of vitamin D) and markers of allergy and asthma severity in a cross-sectional study of 616 Costa Rican children between the ages of 6 and 14 years. Linear, logistic, and negative binomial regressions were used for the univariate and multivariate analyses. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Of the 616 children with asthma, 175 (28%) had insufficient levels of vitamin D (

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Keywords
  • Medicine
  • Asthma
  • Vitamin D and neurology
  • Odds ratio
  • Confidence interval
  • Logistic regression
  • Allergy
  • Internal medicine
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Good health and well-being
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