PMID: J Bras Pneumol. 2020;47(1):e20200279. Epub 2020 Nov 6. PMID: 33174974 Abstract Title: Vitamin D: association with eosinophil counts and IgE levels in children with asthma. Abstract: In this cross-sectional study, we investigated the relationship that levels of vitamin D had with eosinophil counts and IgE levels in 26 children with asthma (6-12 years of age) in the city of Londrina, Brazil. Vitamin D levels were found to correlate significantly, albeit moderately, with age (r = -0.51) and eosinophilia (r = -0.49), although not with IgE levels (r = -0.12). When we stratified the sample into two groups by the median vitamin D level (
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