TY - JOUR AU - Kanwal, Shamsa AU - ur Rehman, Farid AU - Fatima, Bilqees AU - Waqar Qureshi, Sana AU - Jamil, Sibqa AU - Nawaz Khan, Rab PY - 2023/04/17 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Evaluation of Serum Vitamin D Levels Among Patients with Viral Warts JF - Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal JA - PAFMJ VL - 73 IS - 2 SE - Original Articles DO - 10.51253/pafmj.v73i2.7412 UR - https://pafmj.org/PAFMJ/article/view/7412 SP - 402-04 AB - <p><strong>Objective:</strong> To evaluate serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OHD) in patients with viral warts.</p><p><strong>Study Design:</strong> Comparative cross-sectional study.</p><p><strong>Place and Duration of Study:</strong> Dermatology Department, Fauji Foundation Hospital, Rawalpindi Pakistan, from Jul to Dec 2020.</p><p><strong>Methodology:</strong> One hundred patients were included in the study, 50 with viral warts (Group-1) and 50 without warts (Group2). Our study included both male and female patients of 10 to 60 years of age. Three categories were made according to their serum vitamin D levels. First, all participants were tested for serum vitamin D levels using ELISA.</p><p><strong>Results:</strong> In Group-1, 20(40%) had insufficient, and 25(50%) had deficient vitamin D levels. A statistically significant decrease in serum 25-OHD levels (p = 0.004) was found in patients with viral warts. In Group-2, 9(18%) had insufficient, and 2(4%) had deficient vitamin D levels. The mean serum vitamin D level was 22.61±10.11 in Group-1 and 45.12±24.60 in Group-2, resulting in a significant difference between patients with viral warts and those without viral warts regarding serum vitamin D levels (p=0.004).</p><p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> Patients with viral warts have deficient vitamin D levels.</p> ER -