[acb-diabetics] Vit. D insufficiency may cause diaabetes

[Patricia LaFrance-Wolf]

Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome in Studies

Sun Jun 20, 11:48 pm ET

 

SATURDAY, June 19 (HealthDay News) -- A pair of new studies has 

uncovered evidence that low levels of vitamin D could lead to poor 

blood sugar control among diabetics and increase the risk of 

developing metabolic syndrome among seniors.

 

Both findings are slated to be presented Saturday at the Endocrine 

Society's annual meeting in San Diego.

 

In one study, researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of 

Medicine in Baltimore reviewed the medical charts of 124 type 2 

diabetes patients who sought specialty care at an endocrine 

outpatient facility between 2003 and 2008.

 

More than 90 percent of the patients, who ranged in age from 36 to 

89, had either vitamin D deficiency or insufficiency, the authors 

found, despite the fact that they all had had routine primary care 

visits before their specialty visit.

 

Just about 6 percent of the patients were taking a vitamin D 

supplement at the time of their visit, the research team noted, and 

those who had lower vitamin D levels were also more likely to have 

higher average blood sugar levels.

 

"This finding supports an active role of vitamin D in the development 

of type 2 diabetes," study co-author Dr. Esther Krug, an assistant 

professor of medicine, said in a news release from the Endocrine 

Society.

 

"Since primary care providers diagnose and treat most patients with 

type 2 diabetes, screening and vitamin D supplementation as part of 

routine primary care may improve health outcomes of this highly 

prevalent condition," Krug added.

 

A second study involving nearly 1,300 white Dutch men and women over 

the age of 65 found almost half were vitamin D-deficient, while 37 

percent had metabolic syndrome.

 

Metabolic syndrome is a grouping of health risk factors, including 

high blood pressure, abdominal obesity, abnormal cholesterol levels 

and high blood sugar.

 

"Because the metabolic syndrome increases the risk of diabetes and 

cardiovascular disease, an adequate vitamin D level in the body might 

be important in the prevention of these diseases," study co-author 

Dr. Marelise Eekhoff, of VU University Medical Center in Amsterdam, 

said in the same news release.

 

Regardless of gender, those with insufficient amounts of vitamin D in 

their blood were more likely to have the syndrome than those with 

sufficient amounts of vitamin D, Eekhoff and her colleagues found.

 

"It is important," added Eekhoff, "to investigate the exact role of 

vitamin D in diabetes to find new and maybe easy ways to prevent it 

and cardiovascular disease."

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John

 

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