Vitamin D levels and food and environmental allergies in the United States: results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2005-2006
S Sharief, S Jariwala, J Kumar, P Muntner… - Journal of Allergy and …, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Previous research supports a possible link between low vitamin D levels
and atopic disease. However, the association between low vitamin D levels and total and
allergen-specific IgE levels has not been studied. OBJECTIVE: We sought to test the
association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25 [OH] D) deficiency (< 15 ng/mL) and
insufficiency (15-29 ng/mL) and allergic sensitization measured by serum IgE levels in a US
nationally representative sample of 3136 children and adolescents and 3454 adults in the …
and atopic disease. However, the association between low vitamin D levels and total and
allergen-specific IgE levels has not been studied. OBJECTIVE: We sought to test the
association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25 [OH] D) deficiency (< 15 ng/mL) and
insufficiency (15-29 ng/mL) and allergic sensitization measured by serum IgE levels in a US
nationally representative sample of 3136 children and adolescents and 3454 adults in the …
