AI Article Synopsis

  • The study explores the impact of vitamin D supplementation on bone health in individuals with HIV, noting that these patients often experience both decreased bone health and vitamin D deficiency.
  • A systematic review of clinical trials highlighted that vitamin D supplementation significantly increases serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D levels, but has no notable effects on bone mineral density or parathyroid hormone levels.
  • The findings emphasize the need for more extensive research to understand the broader implications of vitamin D supplementation on bone health parameters in HIV-infected individuals.

Article Abstract

Purpose: There is growing evidence that bone health is decreased in individuals with HIV infection. Vitamin D deficiency is also highly prevalent among HIV-infected patients. The literature was systematically reviewed to determine whether bone health and bone-related parameters may improve with vitamin D supplementation in HIV-infected individuals.

Methods: Four databases were systematically searched for randomized clinical trials of vitamin D supplementation in HIV infection, published from January 1990 to September 2021. No language or publication restrictions were applied. Standardized mean differences (SMD) with 95% CIs are reported. A random-effects model was used to perform meta-analysis.

Findings: Ten studies met the inclusion criteria (N = 733 participants at study completion). The mean ages of the patients in the included trials ranged from 10 to 49 years. The meta-analysis indicated that with vitamin D supplementation, serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D (25[OH]D) level was significantly increased (SMD, 1.86; 95% CI, 1.02 to 2.70; I = 94.4%), but there were no significant effects on levels of serum 1,25-dihydroxy vitamin D (1,25-[OH]D) (SMD, 0.29; 95% CI, -0.07 to 0.64; I = 67.4%), total bone mineral density (SMD, 0.07; 95% CI, -0.23 to 0.37; I = 00.0%), spine bone mineral density (SMD, 0.15; 95% CI, -0.19 to 0.49; I = 17.3%), and parathyroid hormone level (SMD, -0.18; 95% CI, -0.37 to 0.02; I = 1.2%) in HIV-infected patients.

Implications: This study showed that vitamin D supplementation can improve serum 25(OH)D in HIV-infected patients. The effects of vitamin D supplementation on other bone health-related parameters such as bone mineral density and parathyroid hormone in HIV-infected patients need to be further investigated in larger-scale, well-designed randomized, controlled trials.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinthera.2021.12.012DOI Listing

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