Serum Vitamin D Level as a Risk Factor for Female Genital Tuberculosis (FGTB)
DC18-DC20
Correspondence
Dr. Shyam Pyari Jaiswar,
Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow-226003, Uttar Pradesh, India.
E-mail: spjaiswar59@gmail.com
Introduction: Vitamin D is now known to be essential to Mycobacterium tuberculosis containment and killing through activation of 25-hydroxyvitamin-D receptors (VDRs) present on all immune cells or obtained from dietary food stuffs as either vitamin D3 or vegetable vitamin D2 (also known as ergocalciferol).
Aim: To evaluate the association of serum vitamin D level between the Female Genital Tuberculosis (FGTB) cases and healthy controls.
Materials and Methods: Total 120 cases and 120 controls enrolled for the study following inclusion and exclusion criteria. Detailed clinical history was taken from each subjects. Total of 3 ml of the blood was collected in EDTA vial from each subject (case and control). Quantification of serum vitamin D level was measured by active human vitamin D ELISA kit using an ELISA reader. Statistical analysis was done using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 21.0. A p-value <0.05 was considered as significant.
Results: A total of 120 confirmed FGTB cases and 120 healthy control enrolled for study. Out of 120 women 97.5%, 10.0%, 3.3%, 3.3% were detected positive for M. tuberculosis respectively. Comparing the mean demographic value of age and BMI were (29.03±3.127, 28.03±3.00) and (22.92±3.33, 24.15±3.97) respectively with the p=0.012* and p=0.010* found to be significant among cases and controls. The mean serum vitamin D level was 14.96±8.81 in cases and 23.00±8.83 in controls with p-value<0.001. There was a significant positive association found in low serum vitamin D level among FGTB cases than controls.
Conclusion: Vitamin D is important for normal immune cell function, as well as regression of FGTB disease. FGTB may be controlled by regulating the serum vitamin D level concentration. This study suggests that, vitamin D deficiency and BMI is strongly associated with the progression of active FGTB disease which alters the expression of antimicrobial peptide and lead to the persistence of TB infection.Therefore, serum vitamin D level may play an important role in treatment of FGTB.