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Vitamin D deficiency in Malawian adults with pulmonary tuberculosis : risk factors and treatment outcomes

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Date
01/08/2015
Author
Sloan, Derek James
Mwandumba, H. C.
Kamdolozi, M.
Shani, D.
Chisale, B.
Dutton, J.
Khoo, S. H.
Allain, T. J.
Davies, G. R.
Keywords
HIV
Antiretroviral therapy
Relapse
Seasonality
Treatment failure
RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Infectious Diseases
NDAS
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SETTING: Vitamin D deficiency is common in African adults with tuberculosis (TB), and may be exacerbated by the metabolic effects of anti-tuberculosis drugs and antiretroviral therapy (ART). It is unclear whether vitamin D deficiency influences response to antituberculosis treatment. OBJECTIVES : To describe risk factors for baseline vitamin D deficiency in Malawian adults with pulmonary TB, assess the relationship between serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D (25[OH]D) concentration and treatment response, and evaluate whether the administration of anti-tuberculosis drugs and ART is deleterious to vitamin D status during treatment. DESIGN: A prospective longitudinal cohort study. RESULTS : The median baseline 25(OH)D concentration of the 169 patients (58% human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] infected) recruited was 57 nmol/l; 47 (28%) had vitamin D deficiency (<50 nmol/l). Baseline 25(OH)D concentrations were lower during the cold season (P < 0.001), with food insecurity (P = 0.034) or in patients who consumed alcohol (P = 0.019). No relationship between vitamin D status and anti-tuberculosis treatment response was found. 25(OH)D concentrations increased during anti-tuberculosis treatment, irrespective of HIV status or use of ART. CONCLUSIONS : Vitamin D deficiency is common among TB patients in Malawi, but this does not influence treatment response. Adverse metabolic effects of drug treatment may be compensated by the positive impact of clinical recovery preventing exacerbation of vitamin D deficiency during anti-tuberculosis treatment.
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Sloan , D J , Mwandumba , H C , Kamdolozi , M , Shani , D , Chisale , B , Dutton , J , Khoo , S H , Allain , T J & Davies , G R 2015 , ' Vitamin D deficiency in Malawian adults with pulmonary tuberculosis : risk factors and treatment outcomes ' , International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease , vol. 19 , no. 8 , pp. 904-911 . https://doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.15.0071
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International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.15.0071
ISSN
1027-3719
Type
Journal article
Rights
© 2015 Sloan et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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The study was supported by a Wellcome Trust (London, UK) Clinical PhD Fellowship awarded to DS (086757/Z/08/A) and the Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Trust (MLW) Core grant from the Wellcome Trust.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/8651

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