Publication: Vitamin D Deficiency and Acute Otitis Media among Children Visiting a Tertiary Care Centre in Eastern Nepal
| creativeworkseries.issn | 1812-2027 | |
| dc.contributor.author | Dahal, R | |
| dc.contributor.author | Shah, SP | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mishra, S | |
| dc.contributor.author | Baaniya, B | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-01-07T07:06:42Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-01-07T07:06:42Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
| dc.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 | |
| dc.description.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 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14572/4101 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Kathmandu University | |
| dc.subject | Acute otitis media | |
| dc.subject | Children | |
| dc.subject | Vitamin D | |
| dc.title | Vitamin D Deficiency and Acute Otitis Media among Children Visiting a Tertiary Care Centre in Eastern Nepal | |
| dc.type | Article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| local.article.type | Original Article | |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 366 | |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 363 | |
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