Vitamin D status of tuberculosis patients with diabetes mellitus in different economic areas and associated factors in China.

BACKGROUND:Vitamin D could be a mediator in the association between tuberculosis (TB) and diabetes mellitus (DM). A large scale multi-center study confirmed that TB patients with DM had significantly lower serum vitamin D level compared with those without DM and reported that DM was a strong indepen...

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Main Authors: Xin Zhao, Yanli Yuan, Yan Lin, Tiejuan Zhang, Yunlong Bai, Demei Kang, Xianhui Li, Wanli Kang, Riitta A Dlodlo, Anthony D Harries
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6211694?pdf=render