Risk factors for vitamin D deficiency among HIV-infected and uninfected injection drug users.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Vitamin D deficiency is highly prevalent and is associated with bone disease, cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome and malignancy. Injection drug users (IDUs), with or without HIV infection, are at risk for these conditions; however, limited data on vitamin D deficiency exist in this population. We determined the prevalence and correlates of vitamin D deficiency among urban IDUs in the AIDS Linked to the IntraVenous Experience (ALIVE) Study cohort.

Methods

For this cross-sectional sub-study, vitamin D deficiency was defined as a serum 25(OH)-vitamin D level <20 ng/mL. Multivariable logistic regression was used to identify factors independently associated with vitamin D deficiency.

Results

Of 950 individuals analyzed, 29% were HIV-infected. The media

SUBMITTER: Lambert AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3995810 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature