Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Vitamin D deficiency is a worldwide health issue that affects more than one billion people. Few guidelines assess optimal dosing of vitamin D in general population, and although there is no international consensus, the optimum dosing for vitamin D3 and mainly calcifediol is not known.Objective(s): To assess the efficacy of calcifediol in the treatment of vitamin D deficiency, compared with therapeutic guidelines recommendations for cholecalci...

Introduction: In patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, the prevalence of osteoporosis is higher in comparison with the general population. Anti-retroviral therapy (ART) use seems to be a possible risk factor there is also high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among people living with HIV.Objectives: To describe bone mineral density (BMD) status in HIV-infected patients as well as its associated risk factors such as vit D levels.</...