Vitamin D status of type 2 diabetic patients compared with healthy subjects in the Islamic Republic of Iran
EMHJ-Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. 2013; 19 (Supp. 3): S6-S11
in English
| IMEMR
| ID: emr-128669
ABSTRACT
An inverse relationship has been shown between vitamin D deficiency and type 2 diabetes mellitus[DM]. In this cross-sectional study in Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran, a country with a high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency, we determined the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among 90 type 2 DM patients and 90 healthy subjects. Based on serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D, the rates of deficiency[< 50 nmol/L] and insufficiency[50-75 nmol/L] were 59.0% and 27.0% respectively in patients with type 2 DM, and 47.0% and 24.0% respectively in healthy subjects. Using the national cut-offs for vitamin D deficiency, 64.0% women with DM and 47.4% of healthy women were suffering from different degrees of vitamin D deficiency. The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in men with type 2 DM and healthy men were 42.7% and 22.2% respectively. None of the differences between the 2 groups was statistically significant
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Index:
IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Stress, Psychological
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Avitaminosis
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Cross-Sectional Studies
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Type of study:
Prevalence study
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
East Mediterr Health J.
Year:
2013
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