Association of Vitamin D Deficiency and Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus in Adults

Abstract

Objective: To find the relationship of vitamin D deficiency with type-2 diabetes mellitus in adults. Study Design: Comparative cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Combined Military Hospital, Peshawar Pakistan, from Oct 2020 to Mar 2021. Methodology: Patients with type-2 Diabetes and non-diabetics were selected outdoors and indoors using consecutive sampling techniques. Vitamin D serum levels were measured in all participants. Vitamin D serum level <10ng/ml was considered deficient in Vitamin D. Demographic data, duration of type-2 diabetes mellitus, diet, and co-morbidities, were recorded. Participants were separated into groups such as Group-1, which includes diabetic patients, and Group-2, which contains control (normal/non-diabetic) patients. Results: In the current study, 100 participants were examined. In Diabetes-Group, Vitamin D deficiency was documented in15(30%) patients, while in the Control (normal/no-diabetics) Group, no patients were found to have Vitamin D deficiency (p<0.001). No significant association of Vitamin D Deficiency was recorded with age (p=0103) and gender of participants in both groups (p=0.719). Conclusion: In adults, type-2 diabetes mellitus is associated with Vitamin D deficiency, and diabetic patients may need to be screened for Vitamin D deficiency.