Study on Serum Vitamin D in Alopecia Areata Patients
April 2019
in “
Journal of Nepal Health Research Council
”
Studysummary This study found that vitamin D deficiency was significantly more common in alopecia areata patients than in healthy controls and was inversely correlated with disease severity.
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The study conducted by Marahatta, Agrawal, and Khan in 2019 involved 30 newly diagnosed Alopecia areata patients and aimed to compare their serum vitamin D levels with healthy controls, as well as assess the relationship between serum vitamin D levels and Alopecia areata disease severity. The results showed that the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency was significantly higher in the Alopecia areata group (83.3%) compared to the control group (53.3%). Additionally, the serum vitamin D level was lower in the Alopecia areata group than in the control group. The study also found an inverse correlation between serum vitamin D level and the Severity of Alopecia Tool (SALT) score, indicating that lower vitamin D levels were associated with more severe Alopecia areata.
