title: Vitamin D deficiency is less common among HIV-infected African-American men than in a matched cohort.
abstract: The aim of this study was to compare the prevalence of vitamin D sufficiency and deficiency in a HIV-infected cohort of African-American men with that of a general population. We found median vitamin D concentrations were significantly greater in the HIV-infected cohort, 18 ng/ml as compared to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey cohort, 14 ng/ml (P ≤ 0.0001). Thus, factors other than measured vitamin D are likely to be responsible for higher rates of bone disease in this population.
authors.affiliation: Section of Infectious Diseases, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, USA. Ormesher@gwu.edu
authors.forename: Brenda
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ormesher
authors.forename: Sandeep
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dhaliwal
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nylen
authors.forename: Cynthia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gibert
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Go
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Amdur
authors.forename: Debra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Benator
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D015497:HIV-1; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology