Serum vitamin D levels of Oral squamous cell carcinoma patients of KPK

Authors

  • Sana Ahmad KMU
  • Abbas Saleem Khan Peshawar Dental College, Peshawar, Pakistan
  • Syed Muhammad Awais bacha khan medical and dental college
  • Muhammad Raza 4Department of Prosthodontics, Peshawar Dental College, Peshawar, Pakistan
  • Syed Omar Farooq 5Department of Oral Pathology Khyber College of Dentistry, Peshawar, Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35845/abms.2023.2.245

Abstract

Objective

The objective of this study is to estimate serum levels of vitamin D in oral squamous cell carcinoma cases.

Methodology                                                                                                             

It was a multicenter study conducted at the Department of Pathology, Peshawar Medical College (PMC) and Prime Teaching Hospital. The specimens were collected from Department of Oral Pathology; Peshawar Dental College (PDC), Institute of Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine (IRNUM), Peshawar; Khyber College of Dentistry (KCD), Peshawar; Bacha Khan Dental College, Mardan. The study consisted of 60 diagnosed cases of OSCC. Blood samples were collected from all 60 participants. Serum vitamin D levels were estimated by Electro-chemiluminescence Immunoassay. The data then was statistically analyzed by Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20. The statistical differences between the two groups was calculated by using student t test. Statistical significance was determined at p value ≤ 0.05.

Results

The mean age was 50.27 years with a male to female ratio 2:3. In the oral squamous cell carcinoma patients (n=60), all the participants were deficient in vitamin D with vitamin D levels ≤ 20 ng/ml. Mean serum vitamin D level was 10.78ng/ml, among these 24 were males and 36 were females.

Conclusion

Our study showed deficiency of serum vitamin D in all the cases of OSCC patients

Key words: Vitamin D, Oral squamous cell carcinoma, oral cancers, serum levels

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Published

2023-12-31

How to Cite

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Ahmad S, Khan AS, Awais SM, Raza M, Farooq SO. Serum vitamin D levels of Oral squamous cell carcinoma patients of KPK. Adv Basic Med Sci [Internet]. 2023Dec.31 [cited 2024Nov.23];7(2):56-9. Available from: https://abms.kmu.edu.pk/index.php/abms/article/view/245