ArticleThe Pan African medical journal2019
The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among patients with type 2 diabetes seen at a referral hospital in Kenya.
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- Prevalence and associated factors of overweight and obesity among persons with type 2 diabetes in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Annals of medicine · 2023Pooled it
- The Impact of Vitamin D Deficiency and Insufficiency on the Outcome of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2023Pooled it
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- Multifaceted Roles of Vitamin D for Diabetes: From Immunomodulatory Functions to Metabolic Regulations.Nutrients · 2024Review
- Association between vitamin D status and cardiometabolic risk factors in adults with type 2 diabetes in Shenzhen, China.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Article
- Vitamin D Status and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Cross-Sectional Study in a Tertiary-Level Hospital in Antananarivo, Madagascar.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2024Article
- Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study.Cureus · 2023Article
- Clinical, metabolic, and immunological characterisation of adult Ugandan patients with new-onset diabetes and low vitamin D status.BMC endocrine disorders · 2022Article
- Vitamin-D deficiency in adults of Mumbai city: Change in the last decade.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2022Article
- Absence of Vitamin D Deficiency Among Outdoor Workers With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Southern West Bengal, India.Cureus · 2022Article
- Correlation of 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Serum Lipid Levels Among Patients With Type 2 Diabetes.Cureus · 2021Article
- What Every Diabetologist Should Know about SARS-CoV-2: State of Knowledge at the Beginning of 2021.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Review
- Vitamin D Review: The Low Hanging Fruit for Human Health.Journal of nutrition and metabolism · 2021Review
- Vitamin D and iodine status was associated with the risk and complication of type 2 diabetes mellitus in China.Open life sciences · 2021Article
- Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) set to increase burden of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in Kenya.The Pan African medical journal · 2020Article
- Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentrations in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Eastern Sudan: A Case-Control Study.SAGE open nursingArticle
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Abstract
introductionThe prevalence of diabetes mellitus is rising at an alarming rate, calling for more insights into its pathogenetic mechanisms, and other factors involved in its progression. The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency is higher in diabetic compared to non-diabetic patients, and is associated with poor glycaemic control. This has not been documented among diabetic patients in Kenya. Aims: to determine the prevalence of hypovitaminosis D among type 2 diabetic patients at Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya.
methodsWe recruited type 2 diabetic patients on follow-up at Kenyatta National Hospital. Measurements of height, weight and waist/hip ratios were taken. We drew 6mls of peripheral blood to determine vitamin D, zinc and HbA1c levels.
resultsA total of 151 participants were recruited, with 69.5% females and mean age of 58.2 years. Hypertension was found in 72.8% of the participants, and obesity in 37.7%. The mean HbA1c levels were 8.46%, and 62.9% had poor glycaemic control. The mean vitamin D level was 31.40ng/ml. Vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency was found in 38.4% and 21.9% of the participants respectively. We found a significant inverse correlation between vitamin D and glycaemic control (r = -0.09, p = 0.044) and vitamin D and BMI (r = - 0.145, p = 0.045).
conclusionIn this study population on long-term follow-up for diabetes, there was high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency. This forms a basis for further management of patients with poor glycaemic control. Further studies are needed to document the causal association between poor glycaemic control and vitamin D deficiency.
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