By Sophie Putka
Source Medpagetoday
Vitamin D deficiency was significantly associated with increased obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) severity among children, according to a cross-sectional study.
In a multivariable analysis of kids who were undergoing adenotonsillectomy, obstructive Apnea-Hypopnea Index (AHI) scores (which range from ≥5 to ≥30 apnea and hypopnea events per hour) were significantly lower in children with normal vitamin D levels compared with those with vitamin D deficiency (difference -14.6, 95% CI -27.2 to -2.2), reported Cristina Baldassari, MD, of the Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters and Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, and colleagues.
A 1.0-unit decrease in serum vitamin D levels was associated with an obstructive AHI increase of 0.7 (95% CI 0.04-1.40), they wrote in JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgeryopens in a new tab or window.
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