aDepartment of Pediatrics, SHKM Government Medical College, Mewat, Haryana, India
bDepartment of Physiology, SHKM Government Medical College, Mewat, Haryana, India
cDepartment of Orthopedics, SHKM Government Medical College, Mewat, Haryana, India
dDepartment of Community Medicine, SHKM Government Medical College, Mewat, Haryana, India
1Corresponding author
Online published on 20 April, 2016.
The study population included 56 children screened for TB and vitamin D deficiency. Mean age of the study group is 6.5 years where about three fourth are male. No remarkable difference in weight and height was observed in both groups. Our study confirmed a high prevalence of hypovitaminosis D in the study population. 21.4% cases had severe deficiency in comparison to control group which is statistically significant (p=0.02), where as in the other sub groups of severity of vitamin D deficiency the correlation was not significant.
Children, Tuberculosis, Vitamin D
