Determining the Levels of Vitamin D and Their Association with Complications of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Abstract

This chapter aims to determine the Levels of Vitamin D and their Association with Complications of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a noncommunicable disease characterised by hyperglycemia. It is connected to a number of small- and large-scale vascular problems. Vitamin D a stercosterol is an important molecule in the body that is involved in many skeletal and extraskeletal functions. The current study included one hundred diabetic complications patients and one hundred healthy people. Blood glucose, Glycated haemoglobin, lipid profile, and vitamin D levels were measured in all subjects.

Along with poor Glycemic control and deranged lipid profile in patients with complications of type 2 diabetes mellitus, levels of vitamin D were also significantly decreased in these patients as compared to controls. Moreover 73% of the patients were deficient in vitamin D.

Levels of vitamin D are significantly reduced in diabetic patients with complications. The role of Vitamin D in various extra skeletal functions may be one of the causes of these complications.