Vitamin D status of tuberculosis patients with diabetes mellitus in different economic areas and associated factors in China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Vitamin D could be a mediator in the association between tuberculosis (TB) and diabetes mellitus (DM). A large scale multi-center study confirmed that TB patients with DM had significantly lower serum vitamin D level compared with those without DM and reported that DM was a strong independent risk factor for vitamin D deficiency.

Objectives

This study was undertaken to determine amongst patients with both TB and DM living in different economically defined areas in China: i) their baseline characteristics, ii) their vitamin D status and iii) whether certain baseline characteristics were associated with vitamin D deficiency.

Methods

In DM-TB patients consecutively attending seven clinics or hospitals, we measured 25 hydroxycholecalciferol at the time of regis

SUBMITTER: Zhao X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6211694 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature