Author/Authors :
Djalali, M. tehran university of medical sciences tums - School of Public Health - Department of Nutrition and Biochemistry, تهران, ايران , Taheri, E. tehran university of medical sciences tums - School of Public Health, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center - Department of Nutrition and Biochemistry, تهران, ايران , Saedisomeolia, A. tehran university of medical sciences tums - School of Public Health - Department of Nutrition and Biochemistry, تهران, ايران , Djazayeri, A. tehran university of medical sciences tums - School of Public Health - Department of Nutrition and Biochemistry, تهران, ايران , Rahemi, A. tehran university of medical sciences tums - School of Public Health - Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, تهران, ايران , Hashemi, M. Tehran Naft Industry Hospital, ايران , Larijani, B. tehran university of medical sciences tums - Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, تهران, ايران
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.
