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Vitamin D deficiency is associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus in HIV infection
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Vitamin D deficiency is associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus in HIV infection

Zsofia Szep, Giovanni Guaraldi, Samir S. Shah, Vincent Lo Re, Sarah J. Ratcliffe, Gabriella Orlando, Federica Carli, Rosario Rossi, Vincenzo Rochira and Pablo Tebas
AIDS (London), v 25(4), pp 525-529
20 Feb 2011
PMID: 21178753
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https://doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0b013e328342fdfdView
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Immunology Infectious Diseases Life Sciences & Biomedicine Science & Technology Virology
Background: Metabolic complications, including type 2 diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome, are increasingly recognized among HIV-infected individuals. Low vitamin D levels increase the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus, and vitamin D supplementation has been shown to decrease the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus in patients without HIV infection. Objectives: The primary objective was to determine whether vitamin D deficiency (serum 25-hyrdoxyvitamin D < 20 ng/ml) was associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus among HIV-infected patients. Our secondary objective was to determine whether vitamin D deficiency was associated with metabolic syndrome in HIV. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study among participants enrolled in the prospective Modena (Italy) HIV Metabolic Clinic Cohort. Clinical and laboratory data, including history of type 2 diabetes mellitus, fasting blood glucose, components of metabolic syndrome, and 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels, were obtained for all participants. Results: After adjusting for vitamin D supplementation, sex, age, body mass index, and hepatitis C virus co-infection, vitamin D deficiency was associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus [adjusted odds ratio (OR) 1.85; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.03-3.32; P = 0.038]. The association between vitamin D deficiency and metabolic syndrome was not significant after adjusting for vitamin D supplementation, sex, age and body mass index (adjusted OR 1.32; 95% CI 1.00-1.75; P = 0.053). Conclusions: Our study demonstrates an association between vitamin D deficiency and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Clinical trials are needed to better characterize the association between vitamin D deficiency and type 2 diabetes mellitus in HIV infection and to evaluate whether vitamin D is able to prevent or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes mellitus. (C) 2011 Wolters Kluwer Health vertical bar Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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