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March 30, 2006

Vitamin D deficiency common in diabetics

Italian researchers report in the medical journal Diabetes Care, that approximately three out of every five patients with type 2 diabetes show signs of vitamin D deficiency:

(...) The rate of vitamin D deficiency (61 percent) was significantly higher in the diabetics than in the controls (43 percent). Diabetics with vitamin D deficiency were more likely to be women, to have poorly controlled diabetes, and to be taking insulin and cholesterol-lowering drugs.

(...) Because a lack of vitamin D can negatively affect bone health and have other adverse effects, he added, "widespread screening for vitamin D deficiency or routine vitamin D supplementation should be seriously considered" for people with diabetes.

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Posted by Diabetologica at March 30, 2006 11:15 PM