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Does Vitamin D Play a Role in Glycaemic Status? Presented at AACE By Maribeth Stephens SEATTLE, WA -- April 16, 2007 -- Vitamin D does not seem to be associated with glycaemic control in subjects with diabetes mellitus, according to findings presented here at the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists 16th Annual Meeting and Clinical Congress (AACE). In a poster session on April 12th Jayalakshmi Udayasankar, MBBS, endocrine fellow, division of medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States and colleagues noted that there are conflicting results among the few studies that have looked into the effect of vitamin D replacement on glycaemic control in type 2 diabetes. The researchers examined serum 25-(OH)D and plasma haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels in 24 patients with type 1 diabetes and 29 with type 2 diabetes between May and October of 2006. Those whose 25-(OH)D were lower than 30 ng/mL were given 1200 IU of vitamin D each day. Eighty-six percent (46/53) had insufficient levels of 25-(OH)D during the initial visit. The researchers found a negative correlation between age and 25-(OH)D levels (P = .04). No correlation was observed between 25-(OH)D and HbA1c (P = .55), and a subanalysis separating the type 1 and type 2 subjects also did not show correlation (P = .83 and P = .28, respectively). There were no correlations between 25-(OH)D and HbA1c levels in the low, middle or high tertiles of the initial 25-(OH)D level (P = .46, P = .06 and P = .22 respectively). Nineteen percent (9/46) of participants who received vitamin D replacement therapy had follow-up measures of both 25-(OH)D and HbA1c during the study. All of these patients had 25-(OH)D levels greater than 30 ng/mL. No significant correlation was found between the change in 25-(OH)D and HbA1c after vitamin D replacement. A key finding is that the team did not see any significant correlation between vitamin D status and glycaemic control even after separating the data for type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes. Notably, increasing vitamin D levels did not show a trend toward improved glycaemic control. The researchers noted that their findings may be limited by the small number of participants with follow up data, as do not account for the influence of subject characteristics known to impact glycaemic control. Though vitamin D did not seem to be associated with glycaemic control in subjects in this study, Udayasankar noted there is room for more research. "Ours was a small study. What's needed are more prospective controlled trials on vitamin D in diabetes," she said. "Vitamin D is a public health measure that could have a lot of impact." [Presentation title: Does Vitamin D Status Correlate With Glycaemic Status in Diabetic Subjects? Abstract 326] E-mail this page to a friend or colleague! To print, use this version