Role of vitamin D in prevention of acute exacerbation of bronchial asthma in adults

Objective: to determine role of vitamin d in prevention of acute exacerbation of bronchial asthma in adults when added to standard treatment. methodology: the study included 80 patients of either gender with age ranging from 16 to 46 years. bronchial asthma diagnosed for at least 1 year and vitamin d levels below 30 ng/ml,no history of smoking,intake of vitamin d 6 months before trial or other chronic diseases were included in the study. they were randomly divided into two groups by using computer generated random number table,group a and group b and were given combination of standard treatment of bronchial asthma and vitamin d vs standard treatment only respectively. results: 25(62.5%) were male in group a while 21(52.5%) were male in group b. mean age of study population was 29.56 ±8.06 years. vitamin d was found more effective in prevention of exacerbations of bronchial asthma (p value 0.003). conclusion: vitamin d was efficacious in bronchial asthma in terms of prevention in number of exacerbations when added to standard treatment. © 2017,postgraduate medical institute. all rights reserved.