Lower vitamin D is associated with metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance in systemic lupus: data from an international inception cohort.
Christine ChewJohn A ReynoldsApinya LertratanakulPeggy WuMurray UrowitzDafna D GladmanPaul R FortinSang-Cheol BaeCaroline GordonAnn E ClarkeSasha BernatskyJohn G HanlyDavid Alan IsenbergAnisur RahmanJorge Sanchez-GuerreroJuanita Romero-DiazJoan MerrillDaniel WallaceEllen GinzlerMunther KhamashtaOla NivedAndreas JönsenKristjan SteinssonSusan ManziKen KalunianMary Anne DooleyMichelle PetriCynthia AranowRonald van VollenhovenThomas StollGraciela S AlarcónS Sam LimGuillermo Ruiz-IrastorzaChristine A PeschkenAnca D AskanaseDiane L KamenMurat İnançRosalind Ramsey-GoldmanIan N BrucePublished in: Rheumatology (Oxford, England) (2021)
MetS and insulin resistance are associated with lower vitamin D in patients with SLE. Further studies could determine whether vitamin D repletion confers better control of these cardiovascular risk factors and improve long-term outcomes in SLE.