Low levels of vitamin D in North Indian children with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes.
Pediatr Diabetes
; 11(5): 345-50, 2010 Aug.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19906128
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
To find out whether vitamin D levels are lower in children with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes (T1D) as compared to non-diabetic subjects.METHODS:
Plasma levels of vitamin D (25-OHD) were measured by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) in 50 children aged between 6 and 12 yr within a week of diagnosis of T1D, and in 50 healthy children.RESULTS:
The mean levels of vitamin D were significantly lower in patients as compared to their controls [20.02 +/- 10.63 ng/mL (50.05 +/- 26.57 mmol/L) vs. 26.16 +/- 12.28 ng/mL (65.4 +/- 30.7 mmol/L), p-value 0.009]. Twenty-nine (58%) children in the study group were vitamin D deficient (25-OHD level < 20 ng/mL or < 50 mmol/L) as compared to only 16 (32%) in the control group. Overall, 43 (86%) diabetic and 38 (76%) healthy children were either vitamin D deficient or insufficient.CONCLUSION:
These results suggest that vitamin D levels are low at the onset of T1D, and they strongly support the need for further clinical studies to prospectively evaluate the effect of vitamin D supplementation on T1D rates in this patient population.
Texto completo:
1
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Vitamina D
/
Deficiência de Vitamina D
/
Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 1
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Child
/
Female
/
Humans
/
Male
País como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2010
Tipo de documento:
Article