Vitamin D Status in Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis: A Teaching Hospital Based Study

ABSTRACT

To evaluate the Vitamin D status in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and normal healthy adults. Methods: Total of 48 subjects 24 (14 male and 10 female) newly diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis and 24 (16 male and 8 female) healthy controls) was selected through non-probability purposive sampling according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. Result: Significant differences were observed for the obesity and smoking p-value 0.032 and 0.021 respectively. Chest x ray revealed cavitary in 9 (37.5%) of cases. Hemoglobin, RBC counts and Platelet counts revealed statistically significant difference between cases and controls. Conclusion: Patients with tuberculosis are significantly Vitamin D deficient as compared to normal individuals.