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<journal-id>2448-9190</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista alergia México]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. alerg. Méx.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2448-9190</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Colegio Mexicano de Inmunología Clínica y Alergia A.C.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2448-91902017000200178</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.29262/ram.v64i2.255</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Prevalencia de insuficiencia y deficiencia de vitamina D en adultos mexicanos con asma alérgica]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency in Mexican adults with allergic asthma]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Bedolla-Barajas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Martín]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[López-Hernández]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Juan Carlos]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[García-Padilla]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Lourdes Fabiola]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Morales-Romero]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jaime]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Velarde-Rivera]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Fernando Antonio]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Robles-Figueroa]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Martín]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ortiz-Peregrina]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[José Raúl]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Civil de Guadalajara Dr. Juan I. Menchaca  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Guadalajara Jalisco]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Civil de Guadalajara Dr. Juan I. Menchaca  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Guadalajara Jalisco]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Guadalajara Centro Universitario en Ciencias de la Salud ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Guadalajara Jalisco]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Veracruzana Instituto de Salud Pública ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Xalapa Veracruz]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af5">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Civil de Guadalajara Dr. Juan I. Menchaca  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Guadalajara Jalisco]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af6">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Civil de Guadalajara Dr. Juan I. Menchaca  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Guadalajara Jalisco]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>64</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>178</fpage>
<lpage>187</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2448-91902017000200178&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2448-91902017000200178&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2448-91902017000200178&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen:  Antecedentes:  La hipovitaminosis D ha sido asociada con diversas enfermedades crónicas como infecciones, enfermedades autoinmunes, enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica, cáncer y asma.  Objetivo:  Determinar la prevalencia de insuficiencia y deficiencia de vitamina (VD) en adultos con asma alérgica.  Métodos:  Estudio transversal en el que se analizaron los datos de 135 pacientes. La concentración de VD fue categorizada en suficiente (&#8805; 30 ng/mL), insuficiente (21-29 ng/mL) y deficiente (&#8804; 20 ng/mL). La concentración de VD se midió por quimioluminiscencia. Se estimaron las prevalencias de las alteraciones de la VD y sus respectivos intervalos de confianza a 95 % (IC 95 %).  Resultados:  En la población analizada, 99 fueron mujeres (73.3 %), con edad media de 34.5 ± 10.3 años. La concentración media de VD fue 17.9 ± 6.9 ng/mL (mediana de 17 ng/mL). La prevalencia de insuficiencia y deficiencia de VD fue de 25.2 % (IC 95 %, 18.6-33.2 %) y 71.1 % (IC 95 %, 62.9-78.1 %), respectivamente; las concentraciones de VD &#8804; 10 ng/mL representaron 13.3 % (IC 95 %, 8.5-20.2 %) y &#8805; 30 ng/mL, 3.7 % (IC 95 %, 1.4-8.6 %). Al contrastar hombres y mujeres, la concentración mediana de VD no difirió significativamente (16 ng/mL versus 18 ng/mL, p = 0.71).  Conclusiones:  En este estudio, los pacientes con asma alérgica tuvieron concentraciones de VD notoriamente disminuidas. Con futuras investigaciones se podrá evaluar el papel de la VD en la gravedad del asma.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract:  Background:  Hypovitaminosis D has been associated with various chronic diseases such as infections, autoimmune diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cancer and asthma  Objective:  The objective at hand is to determine the prevalence of vitamin D (VD) insufficiency and deficiency in adults with allergic asthma.  Methods:  Through a cross-sectional study, we analyzed corresponding data amongst 135 patients.VD concentration was categorized as sufficient (&#8805; 30 ng/mL), insufficient (21-29 ng/mL), and deficient (&#8804; 20 ng/mL). The level of VD deficiency was measured through chemo-luminescence. We estimated the prevalence of VD alterations and their respective confidence intervals at 95 % (CI 95 %).  Results:  Within the analyzed population, there were 99/135 women (73.3 %); the mean age was 34.5 ± 10.3 years. The mean concentration of VD was 17.9 ± 6.9 ng/mL and the median was 17 ng/mL. The prevalence of VD insufficiency and deficiency was 25.2 % (CI 95 %, 18.6-33.2 %) and 71.1 % (CI 95 %, 62.9-78.1 %), respectively; VD concentrations &#8804; 10 ng/mL had 13.3 % (CI 95 %, 8.5-20.2 %) and &#8805; 30 ng/mL at 3.7 % (CI 95 %: 1.4-8.6 %). When we contrasted the men to the women, the median concentration of VD did not differ significantly (16 ng/mL vs. 18 ng/mL, p = 0.71).  Conclusions:  In this study, patients with allergic asthma had distinctively reduced VD concentration levels; future research will determine if and how VD affects the severity of asthma.]]></p></abstract>
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