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Vitamin D serum levels and allergic rhinitis.
Allergy 62, 1085-1086 (2007)
In addition to its role in the regulation of calcium metabolism, vitamin D has a number of immunological effects. Several studies in children found an effect of oral supplementation on allergic sensitization but so far there are no population-based studies of vitamin D serum levels. We therefore examined 25(OH)-D(3) status in 18,224 adults of the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. There was no effect on sensitization to a single allergen while the prevalence of allergic rhinitis increased across quartile groups of current vitamin D serum levels. The association could be due to unrecognized confounding, however, could also point towards an altered metabolism or an increased sensitivity to vitamin D in allergic patients.
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Publication type
Article: Journal article
Document type
Scientific Article
Keywords
allergic rhinitis; confounder; sensitization; vitamin D
ISSN (print) / ISBN
0105-4538
e-ISSN
1398-9995
Journal
Allergy
Quellenangaben
Volume: 62,
Issue: 9,
Pages: 1085-1086
Publisher
Wiley
Reviewing status
Peer reviewed
Institute(s)
Institute of Epidemiology (EPI)