title: Vitamin D and type 2 diabetes: a systematic review.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Vitamin D may modify the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus. The aim of this review was to examine the association between vitamin D status and incident type 2 diabetes, and the effect of vitamin D supplementation on glycemic outcomes.
  
  
  METHODS
  We performed a systematic review of English-language studies using MEDLINE through February 2011. Longitudinal cohort studies reporting associations between vitamin D status and incident type 2 diabetes, and randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of vitamin D supplementation, were included. Study characteristics and results were extracted, and study quality was assessed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 8 observational cohort studies and 11 RCTs were included. In meta-analyses of observational studies, vitamin D intake>500 international units (IU)/day decreased the risk of type 2 diabetes by 13% compared with vitamin D intake<200 IU/day. Individuals with the highest vitamin D status (>25 ng/ml) had a 43% lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes (95% confidence interval 24, 57%) compared with those in the lowest group (<14 ng/ml). In post hoc analyses from eight trials among participants with normal glucose tolerance at baseline and in three small underpowered (n=32-62) trials of patients with established type 2 diabetes, there was no effect of vitamin D supplementation on glycemic outcomes. In two trials among patients with baseline glucose intolerance, vitamin D supplementation improved insulin resistance.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Vitamin D may play a role in type 2 diabetes; however, to better define the role of vitamin D in the development and progression of type 2 diabetes, high-quality observational studies and RCTs that measure blood 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration and clinically relevant glycemic outcomes are needed.
authors: Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Mitri
authors: M D
authors: MD
authors: Muraru
authors: A G
authors: AG
authors: Pittas
mesh_terms: D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D002136:Calcium, Dietary / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D019587:Dietary Supplements; D018149:Glucose Intolerance; D006801:Humans; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000097:blood*; D014815:Vitamins / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D002136:Calcium, Dietary; D014815:Vitamins; D014807:Vitamin D