title: Significant vitamin D deficiency in youth with type 1 diabetes mellitus.
abstract: Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D was measured in 128 youth with type 1 diabetes mellitus. Less than 25% of the patients were vitamin D sufficient. Because individuals with type 1 diabetes mellitus possess multiple risk factors for skeletal fragility, ensuring vitamin D sufficiency throughout childhood and adolescence in this population seems especially warranted.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult Section, Genetics and Epidemiology Section, Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA. Britta.Svoren@joslin.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Britta M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Svoren
authors.forename: Lisa K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Volkening
authors.forename: Jamie R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.forename: Lori M B
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Laffel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002762:Cholecalciferol / Q000097:blood / Q000172:deficiency; D015897:Comorbidity; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004872:Ergocalciferols / Q000097:blood / Q000172:deficiency; D005260:Female; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D013472:Sunlight; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000453:epidemiology*
chemical_list: D002762:Cholecalciferol; D004872:Ergocalciferols; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin