Association between 25-OH vitamin D and insulin is independent of lipoatrophy in HIV

Hammond, E., McKinnon, E., Glendenning, P., Williams, R., Mallal, S. and Phillips, E. (2012) Association between 25-OH vitamin D and insulin is independent of lipoatrophy in HIV. Clinical Endocrinology, 76 (2). pp. 201-206.

Abstract

Objective Vitamin D deficiency (VDD) is prevalent in HIV, and following antiretroviral therapy (ART), increased rates of lipoatrophy and metabolic abnormalities are described. We investigated the relationships between 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] and other metabolic parameters in a group of HIV patients with and without lipoatrophy to examine whether lipoatrophy could explain the high prevalence of VDD and metabolic abnormalities.