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ArticleNutrition & diabetes2024

Sex differences in the association between vitamin D and prediabetes in adults: A cross-sectional study.

Ali H Ziyab, Anwar Mohammad, Zainab Almousa, Talal Mohammad

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Ali H ZiyabDepartment of Community Medicine and Behavioral Sciences, College of Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait. ali.ziyab@ku.edu.kw.ORCID 0000-0003-3099-4424
Anwar MohammadDasman Diabetes Institute, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
Zainab AlmousaDepartment of Community Medicine and Behavioral Sciences, College of Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait.
Talal MohammadSt. Antony's College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

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objectivesVitamin D status has been shown to be associated with prediabetes risk. However, epidemiologic evidence on whether sex modulates the association between vitamin D and prediabetes is limited. The present study investigated sex-specific associations between vitamin D and prediabetes. SUBJECTS/

methodsThe Kuwait Wellbeing Study, a population-based cross-sectional study, enrolled nondiabetic adults. Prediabetes was defined as 5.7 ≤ HbA1c% ≤6.4; 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) was measured in venous blood and analyzed as a continuous, dichotomous (deficiency: <50 nmol/L vs. insufficiency/sufficiency ≥50 nmol/L), and categorical (tertiles) variable. Associations were evaluated by estimating adjusted prevalence ratios (aPRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs), while stratifying by sex.

resultsA total of 384 participants (214 males and 170 females) were included in the current analysis, with a median age of 40.5 (interquartile range: 33.0-48.0) years. The prevalence of prediabetes was 35.2%, and 63.0% of participants had vitamin D deficiency. Assessments of statistical interaction between sex and 25(OH)D status were statistically significant (P

conclusionsSex modified the association between vitamin D levels and prediabetes, with an inverse association observed among males, but not among females. Moreover, the observed sex-disparity in the prevalence of prediabetes was only pronounced at 25(OH)D levels of ≤35 nmol/L.

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Prediabetic StateVitamin DVitamin D DeficiencyAdultCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansKuwaitMaleMiddle AgedPrevalenceSex Factors25-hydroxyvitamin DVitamin D

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