Publication: Vitamin D Deficiency and Acute Otitis Media among Children Visiting a Tertiary Care Centre in Eastern Nepal
Date
2023
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Kathmandu University
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Background
There have been various studies to draw out the association between acute otitis
media (AOM) and vitamin D deficiency but the results are conflicting.
Objective
To explore the relationship between vitamin D deficiency and acute otitis media.
Method
The comparative cross-sectional study was conducted in which children aged five to
fifteen years were included. Sixty children diagnosed with acute otitis media were
kept in group A while 60 children diagnosed with conditions other than acute otitis
media were included in Group B. Then the Vitamin D level was sent in both the
groups and compared.
Result
Fifty-four participants in group A had an insufficient level of Vitamin D while six
participants had a sufficient level of Vitamin D and none had an excess level of
Vitamin D while in Group B, fiftywo participants had an insufficient level of Vitamin
D while eight participants had a sufficient level of Vitamin D. The mean vitamin D of
the cases was 22.12 ±7.896 ng/ml, and that of the controls was 22.58 ±7.056 ng/ml
for the controls (p = 0.737).
Conclusion
Both the children with acute otitis media and without acute otitis media had lower
levels of Vitamin D in similar proportions. Therefore, we can conclude that there is
no association between Vitamin D level and acute otitis media.
KEY WORDS
Acute otitis media, Children, Vitamin D
Description
Dahal R,1 Shah SP,2 Mishra S,2 Baaniya B1
1Department of Otorhinolaryngology
Koshi Hospital, Biratnagar, Nepal
2Department of Otorhinolaryngology
B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences
Dharan, Nepal
Keywords
Acute otitis media, Children, Vitamin D