Association of vitamin D insufficiency with carotid intima-media thickness in HIV-infected persons

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

doi:10.1093/cid/ciq239

Association of vitamin D insufficiency with carotid intima-media thickness in HIV-infected persons

Clin Infect Dis. 2011 Apr 1;52(7):941-4. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciq239. Epub 2011 Jan 27.

Authors

Andy I Choi¹, Joan C Lo, Kathleen Mulligan, Amanda Schnell, S Craig Kalapus, Yongmei Li, Peter W Hunt, Jeffrey N Martin, Steven G Deeks, Priscilla Y Hsue

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Adult
Carotid Arteries / pathology*
Carotid Artery Diseases / epidemiology*
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
HIV Infections / complications*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Tunica Intima / pathology*
Vitamin D Deficiency / epidemiology*

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding