Open Access Journal of Endocrinology (OAJE)

ISSN: 2578-4641

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A Study on the Correlation between Levels of Serum Vitamin D and Pre-Diabetic Individuals

Authors: Manglik CG*, Batra CM and Harplani BD

DOI: 10.23880/oaje-16000131

Abstract

Diabetes and vitamin D are pandemic diseases. To control the incidences of illness a measure is taken to control it before the diagnoses of it. Vitamin D deficiency leads to insulin resistance. Its supplementation in pre-diabetes individuals has shown the association with considerably drop in progression to diabetes in between the age 15 yrs to 55 years. The participants were screened thoroughly and then taken their written consent before enrolling them into the side. No individual was forced for the enrollment into the study. No Type I Diabetes, Type II Diabetes and GDM cases were included. The study was done only on pre-diabetics who were not on medicines. Moreover, only vitamin D supplementation was given orally or injectable as per the patient’s choice. The supplementation has shown the reversal of pre-diabetics to normal. The study showed the significant increase in vitamin D and serum calcium levels was observed post intervention in both males and females. There was a significant reduction in fasting blood sugar, post prandial blood sugar and HbA1C post intervention in both males and females indicating that vitamin D supplementation has a beneficial role in the management of insulin sensitivity and blood glucose levels in pre-diabetics (p˂0.001).

Keywords: Vitamin D; Diabetes; Blood sugar; Glucose; Insulin

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