Open AccessVitamin D status of patients with type 2 diabetes and sputum positive pulmonary tuberculosis
Author(s) -
Sandeep Chaudhary,
Anubhav Thukral,
Shalbha Tiwari,
Daliparthy Devi Pratyush,
Surya Kumar Singh
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2230-9500
pISSN - 2230-8210
DOI - 10.4103/2230-8210.123564
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , sputum , tuberculosis , pulmonary tuberculosis , type 2 diabetes , vitamin d deficiency , type 2 diabetes mellitus , gastroenterology , vitamin d and neurology , vitamin , endocrinology , pathology
Vitamin D deficiency is expected to be higher in patients with diabetes and pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). Studies estimating prevalence in the subset of patients with both diabetes and pulmonary TB are scarce.