Association between vitamin D deficiency and allergic symptom in pregnant women.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Vitamin D has been reported to affect both innate, and acquired immunity with immune cells such as dendritic cells having the vitamin D receptors. The co-occurrence of the high prevalence of allergic diseases and vitamin D deficiency globally documented in recent decades, has prompted a hypothesis on whether there is a reasonable association between them.

Objective

To investigate the association between serum vitamin D deficiency and allergic symptoms.

Methods

Historical cohort. On a cohort study for the association between desert dust exposure and allergic symptoms in 3,327 pregnant women during spring and fall in 2011-2013 in Japan conducted as an adjunct study to the Japan Environment and Children's Study, we promptly acquired subjects' daily allergic sy

SUBMITTER: Kanatani KT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6457537 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature