The Effect of Vitamin D Deficiency in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

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It has been suggested that Vitamin D Deficiency (VDD) worsens lung functions and COPD lowers vitamin D levels, but thishas not been proven yet.MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study was carried out between January 2014 and September 2015. All the COPD patients with 25 (OH)D3 measurements were included in this study. The patients 20 ng / mL and ≤ 20 ng / mL. Vitamin D level of patients with mMRC level 1 was significantly higher than those with mMRC2, 3, 4 (respectively P = .03; P = .026; P = .014).CONCLUSION: In this study, we found that lung function was worse in COPD patients with VDD and VDD increased with increasingseverity of COPD.