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Table 3 Demographic and clinical characteristics at week 24 among participants who underwent vitamin D3 supplementation

From: Vitamin D3 supplementation in HIV infection: effectiveness and associations with antiretroviral therapy

 

WNon-responders

Responders

P-value

(25(OH)D < 30 ng/mL)

(25(OH)D ≥30 ng/mL)

 

(n = 8)

(n = 52)

 

25(OH)D (ng/mL)a

26 (25, 27)

47 (40, 65)

<0.001

Male sex

63 % (5)

65 % (34)

1.00

Age (years)

42 (36, 48)

48 (39, 54)

0.27

White race/ethnicity

63 % (5)

54 % (28)

0.72

Baseline CD4+ T lymphocyte (cells/mm3)

540 (509, 758)

689 (527, 833)

0.69

 ≥500

71 % (5)

77 % (37)

 

 350–499

14 % (1)

17 % (8)

 

 <350

14 % (1)

6 % (3)

 

Week 24 CD4+ T lymphocyte (cells/mm3)

656 (600, 891)

712 (460, 853)

0.50

 ≥500

100 % (5)

67 % (22)

 

 350–499

0 (0)

21 % (7)

 

 <350

0 (0)

12 % (4)

 

Time on cART (years)

5 (4, 8)

5 (5, 6)

0.96

Time on TDF (years)

4 (3, 5)

3 (0, 5)

0.30

Time on AZT (years)

0 (0, 2)

1 (0, 5)

0.50

Time on EFV (years)

2 (2, 4)

4 (3, 5)

0.31

Time on PI (years)

1 (0, 6)

0 (0, 2)

0.36

Current TDF use

100 % (8)

65 % (34)

0.09

Current AZT use

0 % (0)

39 % (20)

0.04

Current EFV use

50 % (4)

79 % (41)

0.10

Current PI use

38 % (3)

19 % (10)

0.35

Baseline BMIb (kg/m2)

23 (23, 24)

25 (24, 28)

0.23

 <18.5

0 % (0)

0 % (0)

 

 18.5–24.9

100 % (3)

48 % (15)

 

 25.0–29.9

0 % (0)

32 % (10)

 

 ≥30.0

0 % (0)

19 % (6)

 

C-reactive protein (mg/dL)

0.3 (0.2, 0.4)

0.3 (0.2, 0.9)

0.36

Glucose (mg/dL)

82 (80, 89)

91 (87, 103)

0.02

HbA1c (%)

5.5 (5.5, 5.8)

5.5 (5.2, 5.8)

0.62

Triglycerides (mg/dL)

111 (105, 128)

150 (107, 201)

0.12

Total cholesterol (mg/dL)

187 (166, 200)

198 (173, 225)

0.41

HDL (mg/dL)

51 (48, 53)

47 (40, 60)

0.52

LDL (mg/dL)

111 (94, 124)

110 (93, 133)

0.87

  1. Median (interquartile range) or percent (n) presented
  2. 25(OH)D 25-hydroxyvitamin D, TDF tenofovir, AZT zidovudine, EFV efavirenz, PI protease inhibitors, BMI body mass index, HbA1c glycated hemoglobin
  3. aNo available 25(OH)D at week 24 for 3 participants
  4. bData available for 54 patients (19 in sufficiency group, 35 in deficiency group)