DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2013.v01i06.0030

Pages: 786-788

Vitamin D deficiency is strongly associated with onset and progression of Type 2 diabetes mellitus. Daily supplementation of vitamin D to people with impaired glucose tolerance delayed progression to overt diabetes mellitus.Thus it is debated that wide spread prevalence of diabetes mellitus could be related to hypovitaminosis D. This is 1 year study on 50 patients with newly detected type 2 diabetes mellitus coming at S.Nijalingappa Medical College, Hanagal Shri Kumareshwar Hospital and Research Centre, Bagalkot. For measuring Vitamin D levels, 25OH Vitamin D chemilumniscent immunoassay was used. Patients with Osteoporosis , complicated cases of diabetes mellitus, post- menopausal women , diagnosed cases of Type 2 diabetes mellitus on treatment , cancer, renal failure (renal osteodystrophy) ,on medication that affect vitamin D metabolism/its absorption (phenytoin, rifampin, isoniazid, ketoconazole) were excluded from the study. Our study showed that 70% (35 cases) of the newly detected type 2 diabetes mellitus patients were vitamin D deficient(< 20 ng/ml). In 28 out of 35 cases , vitamin D levels are in range of 10-20ng/ml. And in 7 patients vitamin D levels are <10ng/ml. Optimal levels of vitamin D (20ng/ml) is found in 15 patients. In conclusion, Vitamin D is a risk factor for development of type 2 diabetes mellitus.There might be potential beneficial role of vitamin D supplementation and improving glycemic status in type 2 diabetics.