title: Assessment of vitamin D plasma levels in patients with vitiligo vulgaris.
abstract: Vitiligo Vulgaris is a pigment disorder as the lack of skin pigmentation which its most prevalent cause is autoimmune. Vitamin D has various effects on the natural and acquired immune of the body because of its effectiveness on the T cells and B cells, macrophages and dendritic cells.The object of this study was assessment of the Vitamin D in patients with vitiligo vulgaris in dermatologic clinics in Qazvin in 2012. The 100 patients with Vitiligo were studied through a cross-sectional study. The required data were collected by the questionnaire (age, gender, job, family background, consumption of the dairies and vitamin D supplements), examination (type of skin) and para clinical test (measurement of the serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D level). The 42 (42%) and 58 (58%) people of the population under study were respectively male and female. The mean age of the population under study was 28.7±1.17. The mean serum of 25-hydroxyvitamin D level was 42±24.14 which had a significance difference with a normal level (p<0.04). The mean serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D level among patients with Vitiligo had a significance difference with a normal level.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran. Akram_beheshti@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Akram
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Beheshti
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran. barikani.a@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Hodda
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ghadami
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran. bahar.laboratory@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Ameneh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barikani
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran. barikani.a@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Fatemeh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Haj Manouchehri
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000097:blood; D014815:Vitamins / Q000097:blood*; D014820:Vitiligo / Q000097:blood*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D014815:Vitamins; D014807:Vitamin D; C104450:25-hydroxyvitamin D