CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF SERUM VITAMIN D LEVEL IN PATIENTS OF VITILIGO AT TERTIARY CARE CENTRE, SURAT, INDIA
Journal Title: IJSR-International Journal Of Scientific Research - Year 2019, Vol 8, Issue 1
Abstract
Background: Vitiligo is an acquired, idiopathic, heritable depigmentary disorder of the skin and/or mucous membranes. Autoimmunity plays an important role in pathogenesis of vitiligo which is also evident by coexistence of various autoimmune disorders with vitiligo. In turn, vitamin D levels have been found to be reduced in various autoimmune disorders, thus pointing to a plausible association between vitiligo and vitamin D levels. Few reports have evaluated serum vitamin D levels in vitiligo and their results are conflicting. Aim: To study clinico-epidemiological profile and to evaluate serum vitamin D levels of vitiligo patients and compare vitamin D level with control. Methods: Total 25 patients clinically diagnosed with vitiligo were enrolled in study and 25 age and sex matched control were included.Results were carried out using STATA version 14.2 Results: The patients had lower serum vitamin D levels than the controls, but this difference was not statistically significant. (p = 0.557) Conclusions: Significantly lower vitamin D levels were found in majority of vitiligo patients, but this was not significant.
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Shreya Raval, Bosamiya Sanjay
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