Open AccessLow Vitamin D is associated with Coronary Atherosclerosis in Women with HIV
Author(s) -
Lediya Cheru,
Charles Saylor,
Kathleen V. Fitch,
Sara E. Looby,
Michael T. Lu,
Udo Hoffmann,
Takara Stanley,
Janet Lo
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
antiviral therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.747
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 2040-2058
pISSN - 1359-6535
DOI - 10.3851/imp3336
Subject(s) - medicine , vitamin d and neurology , body mass index , vitamin d deficiency , diabetes mellitus , population , vitamin , gastroenterology , cardiology , endocrinology , environmental health
Vitamin D deficiency is underdiagnosed and undertreated, especially among people living with HIV (PLWH). Recently, there has been an increased interest in the role of vitamin D in cardiovascular disease (CVD). While vitamin D deficiency has been associated with CVD in observational studies in the general population, there are limited data in PLWH. We therefore performed an analysis to assess the relationship of vitamin D and coronary atherosclerosis using coronary CT angiography (CCTA).