Research Article
Serum Magnesium and Vitamin D Levels as Indicators of Asthma Severity
Table 5
Prevalence of hypomagnesemia and hypovitaminosis D in the different grades of asthma severity.
| Grades of asthma | Hypomagnesemia (<1.7 mg/dL) | Hypovitaminosis D | Both (hypomagnesemia + vitamin D deficiency) | Deficiency | Insufficiency |
| Mild () | 5 (14.3%) | 3 (21.4%) | 14 (100%) | 1 (7.1%) | Moderate () | 13 (48.1%) | 16 (59.2%) | 27 (100%) | 10 (37%) | Severe () | 13 (68.4%) | 19 (100%) | 19 (100%) | 13 (68.4%) | Total (60) | 31 (51.7%) | 38 (63.3%) | 60 (100%) | 24 (40%) |
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