The effect of vitamin D supplementation on blood glucose levels and lipid profile in diabetic type 2 adult in -Qatar.

Abstract

Background: several studies show that vitamin D insufficiency can be quite prevalent even in sunny regions of the world. In the sunny Gulf region, numerous reports have demonstrated a high prevalence of low vitamin D status. In fact, the Gulf region has some of the highest vitamin D insufficiency rates in the world and Qatar is thought to have one of the highest vitamin D deficiency/insufficiency rates. The high prevalence of low vitamin D status in the Gulf region is believed to be due to several socio-cultural and other factors, e.g. avoiding the sun during the summer months to maintain a fair complexion (particularly among women), the intense heat, the habit of not fortifying dairy products, and incorrect supplementation. Thus, understanding the relationship between vitamin D and chronic diseases in adults and whether treatment of vitamin D deficiency can prevent or ameliorate these disorders is important (11). For that, the objective of the present study is to evaluate the efficacy of vitamin D supplementation on blood glucose levels and lipid profiles in men with type 2 diabetes with vitamin D supplementation in HMGH in Qatar. Objective: to evaluate the efficacy of vitamin D supplementation on blood glucose levels and lipid profiles in men with type 2 diabetes in HMGH in Qatar. Design: cross sectional study , A total of 136 adult males’ patient with diabetic type 2 and vitamin D supplementation were included between Jan /1st / 2022 to Jan /1st / 2023. Results: our results showed that more than 50% of patients on 50,000IU vitamin D supplementation, the mean age and BMI were 46.65 ± 6.191 years, 28.61 kg/m2 ± 6.036 respectively. According to blood values level, Vitamin D, increased significantly after vitamin D supplementation [(25.44±14.4) -(30.12 ±12.788), P ˂0.05)], while blood glucose levels decreased significantly after supplementation [(9.53 ± 4.596) -(8.71 ± 3.717), P ˂0.05)]. No difference was found in terms of the other variables (P > 0.05).  Conclusion: vitamin D supplementation may cause significant reduction in blood glucose levels and an improvement in serum vitamin D values.

Keywords: type 2 diabetes mellitus, vitamin D supplementation, blood glucose level.

DOI: 10.7176/JHMN/113-06

Publication date: February 28th 2024