Vitamin D status Association with newly diagnosed Type2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Case Control Study

EL Ashiry, Azza; Gadallah, Mohsen Abdel-Hamed; Mashahit, Mohamed; Bayoumy, Essam Mohamed; El-Shafie, Shahira; Boulos, Dina Nabil

doi:10.21608/fumj.2018.5505

Vitamin D status Association with newly diagnosed Type2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Case Control Study

Document Type : Full Length research Papers

Authors

¹ Assistant lecturer of Family Medicine, Fayoum University

² professor of community medicine department of community Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine,Ain Shams University

³ Department Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Fayoum University

⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University

⁵ Department Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Fayoum University

⁶ Department of Community, Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine,Ain Shams University

10.21608/fumj.2018.5505

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus is one of the most common metabolic diseases in the world that can affect nearly every organ system in the body. Vitamin D has sparked widespread interest in the pathogenesis and prevention of diabetes. The aim of study; to investigate vitamin D level in type 2 diabetes and controls. A retrospective case control study with 47 newly diagnosed diabetic patients aged (35-70 years) and 54 controls matching age±5years and gender. Measuring HbA1c, FBG, assay serum 25(OH) D level were done for patients and/or controls. Results of current study, showed a more severe vitamin D deficiency in newly diagnosed diabetes than controls (46.8% vs.33.3%) and difference between vitamin D level in newly diagnosed diabetes compare to controls was not statistical significant (p=0.108). Conclusion: no statistical significant difference between newly diagnosed diabetes and controls concerning to vitamin D level.

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