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Vitamin A deficiency alters airway resistance in children with acute upper respiratory infection.


ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess whether vitamin A deficiency alters the recovery of total respiratory resistance (TRR) following acute upper respiratory tract infection (URI).

Methods

This is a case control study of children, age 4-6 years and grouped as: URI, (n = 74), URI and wheezing, (URI-wheezing, n = 52), and healthy controls (n = 51). Vitamin A and total respiratory resistance (TRR) were assessed using the modified relative dose response (MRDR) and forced oscillometry, respectively.

Results

Children with URI and URI-wheezing had lower retinol, 32.4 ± 13.12 and 18.3 ± 6.83 µg/dl respectively, compared to controls, 56.9 ± 29.82 µg/dl (ANOVA, P < 0.001). The MRDR was elevated in children in the URI or URI-wheezing groups 0.066 ± 0.045 and 0.021 ± 0.021, respectively, compared to controls 0.007 ± 0.006 (ANOVA, P < 0.0001). The TRR in the URI and URI-wheezing groups differed from controls. During convalescence, the TRR failed to decline in the URI-group only when the MRDR was >0.06. In the URI-wheezing group, TRR declined independently of retinol and MRDR.

Conclusion

Vitamin A contributes to preservation of airway function during and in recovery after upper respiratory infection in children.

SUBMITTER: Amaral CT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7167945 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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