Association of Vitamin D Insufficiency with Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in HIV-Infected Persons | Zendy

Andy I. Choi | Zendy; Joan C. Lo | Zendy; Kathleen Mulligan | Zendy; Amanda Schnell | Zendy; S.C. Kalapus | Zendy; Yongmei Li | Zendy; Peter W. Hunt | Zendy; Jeffrey N. Martin | Zendy; Steven G. Deeks | Zendy; Priscilla Y. Hsue | Zendy

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Association of Vitamin D Insufficiency with Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in HIV-Infected Persons

Author(s) -

Andy I. Choi,

Joan C. Lo,

Kathleen Mulligan,

Amanda Schnell,

S.C. Kalapus,

Yongmei Li,

Peter W. Hunt,

Jeffrey N. Martin,

Steven G. Deeks,

Priscilla Y. Hsue

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciq239

Subject(s) - medicine , intima media thickness , vitamin d and neurology , cross sectional study , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , vitamin d deficiency , clinical trial , cardiology , carotid arteries , immunology , pathology

We observed an independent association between vitamin D insufficiency and higher carotid intima-media thickness in a cross-sectional analysis of 139 HIV-infected persons. If confirmed, these findings support a clinical trial of vitamin D supplementation to reduce cardiovascular events in HIV-infected persons.

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