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We hypothesized that vitamin D deficiency may present greater risk in KTRs with greater burden of MetS features.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We retrospectively evaluated 1792 KTRs with no treated diabetes at transplant between 1998 and 2018. Vitamin D was measured at \u22653 months post-transplant. MetS features were defined by the National Cholesterol Education Program, Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP-ATP-III) criteria. The primary outcome was treated post-transplant diabetes mellitus (PTDM) incidence.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      In 1792 nondiabetic KTRs followed for 10,956 patient-years, 237 patients developed PTDM. For KTRs meeting NCEP-ATP-III criteria with fourth-quartile 25(OH)D, there were 1.5 new diagnoses per 100 patient-years versus 4.2 events per 100 patient-years in KTRs with first-quartile 25(OH)D (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.001). In multivariate survival regression, vitamin D was, accounting for individual NCEP-ATP-III criteria, associated with PTDM (hazard ratio, 0.93 per 10 nmol\/ml 25(OH)D,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.007) independently of fasting blood sugar and hemoglobin A1c. In marginal effects analysis, MetS effect on PTDM increased as serum 25(OH)D levels decreased.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our study suggests that decreased 25(OH)D is associated with increased PTDM, and this marginal effect worsens as KTRs have an increased burden of MetS.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.34067\/kid.0000000763","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,3,7]],"date-time":"2025-03-07T12:00:53Z","timestamp":1741348853000},"page":"1167-1175","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Association between Post-Transplant Vitamin D, Metabolic Syndrome, and Post-Transplant Diabetes Mellitus"],"prefix":"10.34067","volume":"6","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2074-5002","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Rohit","family":"Malyala","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Kidney Transplant Program, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6626-3255","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Karan","family":"Vansjalia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Kidney Transplant Program, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9940-9214","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Michelle","family":"Nash","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Kidney Transplant Program, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Niki","family":"Dacouris","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Kidney Transplant Program, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6871-119X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Lindita","family":"Rapi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Kidney Transplant Program, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"G.V. 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