Significant vitamin D deficiency in youth with type 1 diabetes mellitus.
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.
Svoren
Britta M
BM
Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult Section, Genetics and Epidemiology Section, Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA. Britta.Svoren@joslin.harvard.edu
Volkening
Lisa K
LK
Wood
Jamie R
JR
Laffel
Lori M B
LM
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*
D002762:Cholecalciferol; D004872:Ergocalciferols; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin