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Abstract
Objective: It has been suggested that Vitamin D Deficiency (VDD) worsens lung functions and COPD lowers vitamin D levels, but this has not been proven yet.
Material and methods: The study was carried out between January 2014 and September 2015. All the COPD patients with 25 (OH) D3 measurements were included in this study. The patients < 40-year-old, or with a smoking history of less than 10 package-year, or with asthma, bronchiectasis, pneumonia, tuberculosis, cancer, were excluded from the study. Medical records about age, gender, pulmonary function test, body mass index (BMI), annual exacerbations/hospitalizations, modified British Medical Research Council (mMRC) level and serum 25 (OH) D3 were obtained.
Results: The data of 216 (83.8% male) patients were examined in the study. The mean age was 66.88 ± 10.3 years. The mean vitamin D level was 21.1 ± 13.73 ng/mL. Of the patients, 57.9% had VDD, and even 19.9% were in severe VDD. Only 26.4% had adequate vitamin D level. There was a significant in BMI, FEV1, FVC, annual exacerbation and hospitalisations between the patients with vitamin D levels > 20 ng / mL and ≤ 20 ng / mL. Vitamin D level of patients with mMRC level 1 was significantly higher than those with mMRC 2, 3, 4 (respectively P = .03; P = .026; P = .014).
Conclusion: In this study, we found that lung function was worse in COPD patients with VDD and VDD increased with increasing severity of COPD.
期刊介绍:
Turkish Thoracic Journal (Turk Thorac J) is the double-blind, peer-reviewed, open access, international publication organ of Turkish Thoracic Society. The journal is a quarterly publication, published on January, April, July, and October and its publication language is English. Turkish Thoracic Journal started its publication life following the merger of two journals which were published under the titles “Turkish Respiratory Journal” and “Toraks Journal” until 2007. Archives of both journals were passed on to the Turkish Thoracic Journal. The aim of the journal is to convey scientific developments and to create a dynamic discussion platform about pulmonary diseases. With this intent, the journal accepts articles from all related scientific areas that address adult and pediatric pulmonary diseases, as well as thoracic imaging, environmental and occupational disorders, intensive care, sleep disorders and thoracic surgery. Clinical and research articles, reviews, statements of agreement or disagreement on controversial issues, national and international consensus reports, abstracts and comments of important international articles, interesting case reports, writings related to clinical and practical applications, letters to the editor, and editorials are accepted.