25(OH)D Serum Level in Non-Diabetic and Type II Diabetic Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study
Cureus. 2020 Jun 29;12(6):e8910. doi: 10.7759/cureus.8910.
Mohmmed A AlHewishel 1, Mohammed Bahgat 2, Abdullah Al Huwaiyshil 1, Mustafa A Alsubie 1, Abdullah Alhassan
"The cut-off levels of vitamin D level are divided into the following ranges:
normal 50 - 70 ng/ml,
insufficient 30 - 49 ng/ml,
and deficient < 30 ng/ml."
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Example pages
- Is 50 ng of vitamin D too high, just right, or not enough
- Saudi study defines normal Vitamin D level to be 50 to 70 ng (diabetes, etc.) - June 2020
- French uncertain as to acceptable vitamin D levels: 11, 20, 30, 46 ng ( 80 percent less than 30 ng) - Oct 2013
- Need 40 to 60 ng of Vitamin D – 48 scientists call for action – 2015
- Vitamin D RDA of 600 IU is not enough - global RCT meta-analysis March 2019
- Vitamin D sufficiency 10 to 30 ng, optimal 40 to 80 ng (no consensus)– May 2018
- 4 X fewer visits to Dr. after getting high level of vitamin D (Interview with transcript) - Jan 3, 2022
- Need at least 80 ng of vitamin D if have chronic kidney disease – May 2012
- Vitamin D sufficiency 10 to 30 ng, optimal 40 to 80 ng (no consensus)– May 2018
- Sports benefits from up to 50 ng of Vitamin – meta-analysis - Nov 2012
- Vitamin D of 32 to 60 ng is needed before, during, and after pregnancy – Dec 2012
- Hypothesis by VitaminDWiki – Vitamin D levels are no longer limited by evolution
- VitaminDWiki pages with HIGH-DOSE in title 57 as of Feb 2022
An increasing number of PubMed articles about "Optimum Vitamin D"
Items in both categories Diabetes and Middle East are listed here:
- Diabetes prevented by 50,000 IU vitamin D monthly (Iran) – Jan 2022
- Saudi study defines normal Vitamin D level to be 50 to 70 ng (diabetes, etc.) - June 2020
- Children in India – 1 in 7 extremely low Vitamin D, 1 in 10 prediabetic – Sept 2019
- Type II Diabetes in children in India increased 4 X in 20 years – Nov 2016
- Diabetes in Saudi women improved with just 2,000 IU of vitamin D – July 2012
- Less than 4 ng is more common in Saudis than diabetic Saudis – July 2010
- Is 50 ng of vitamin D too high, just right, or not enough
- has the following - click on image for details
Overview Diabetes and vitamin D contains the following
- Diabetes is 5X more frequent far from the equator
- Children getting 2,000 IU of vitamin D are 8X less likely to get Type 1 diabetes
- Obese people get less sun / Vitamin D - and also vitamin D gets lost in fat
- Sedentary people get less sun / Vitamin D
- Worldwide Diabetes increase has been concurrent with vitamin D decrease and air conditioning
- Elderly get 4X less vitamin D from the same amount of sun
Elderly also spend less time outdoors and have more clothes on - All items in category Diabetes and Vitamin D
517 items: both Type 1 and Type 2 Vitamin D appears to both prevent and treat diabetes
- Appears that >2,000 IU will Prevent
- Appears that >4,000 IU will Treat , but not cure
- Appears that Calcium and Magnesium are needed for both Prevention and Treatment
- which are just some of the vitamin D cofactors
Number of articles in both categories of Diabetes and:
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24 ; Intervention 55 ; Meta-analysis 36 ; Obesity 32 ; Pregnancy 42 ; T1 (child) 38 ; Omega-3 11 ; Vitamin D Receptor 22 ; Genetics 12 ; Magnesium 27 Click here to see details Some Diabetes studies
- Glycemic control of type 2 diabetes – only Vitamin D had high quality studies – meta-analysis Sept 2022
- Diabetic inflammation synergistically decreased by Vitamin D and exercise – RCT June 2022
- Incidence of Type-2 Diabetes increased 3X in 30 years (by the way, Vitamin D helps) – July 2022
- Vitamin d treats Type II Diabetes in many ways (14 article review) - Sept 2021
- Diabetes 30 percent more likely if poor Vitamin D Receptor – meta-analysis of 47 studies – July 2021
- Diabetes helped somewhat by weekly 50,000 IU of vitamin D (5 ways to improve) – RCT Aug 2021
- Diabetes prevented by 50,000 IU vitamin D monthly (Iran) – Jan 2022
- Most Diabetics getting 40,000 IU of vitamin D weekly did not get to 30 ng (needed gut-friendly form) - RCT June 2020
50 ng of Vitamin D fights Diabetes
- Saudi study defines normal Vitamin D level to be 50 to 70 ng (diabetes, etc.) - June 2020
- Diabetes 5X less likely if more than 50 ng of Vitamin D – April 2018
T1 Diabetes
- T1 Diabetes 3X lower risk if high vitamin D (over 40 ng) – Meta-analysis Nov 2020
- Type 1 Diabetes is prevented and treated by Vitamin D – review of 16 studies – Sept 2019
- Type 1 Diabetes prevention with Vitamin D and Omega-3 – Symposium April 2019
Pre-Diabetes
- Prediabetes reduced by weekly 60,000 IU of Vitamin D – RCT Jan 2021
- Prediabetes 1.5 X more likely to go away if take Vitamin D – meta-analysis July 2020
Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Magnesium - many studies
Diabetic Epidemic- Step back to 1994. Suppose an epidemic struck the United States, causing blindness, kidney failure, and leg amputations in steadily increasing numbers.
Suppose that in less than a decade's time, the epidemic had victimized one out of every eight people
That epidemic is real, and its name is diabetes, now the nation's sixth leading cause of death.
Chart from the web (2018?)
Middle East and Vitamin D contains the following summary
149 items in Middle East category
see also Overview Middle East and vitamin DDownload the PDF from VitaminDWiki
Note: Saudi females wear concealing clothing in 20's+
Background
Diabetes mellitus is a major disease worldwide. In Saudi Arabia, it is considered to be the most common disease in the country. Diabetes mellitus has been also found to be associated with 25(OH)D (vitamin D) deficiency. In Saudi Arabia, sunlight is considered a major source for vitamin D. Saudi Arabia is popular for sunny weather most of the year, in which people can get vitamin D from the sun. However, vitamin D deficiency is common in Saudi Arabia, and its deficiency can increase blood glucose levels. We conducted a study to determine the reason for vitamin D deficiency in Saudi Arabia and to assess the relationship of diabetes mellitus with vitamin D. Aim of the work This study is aimed to assess the incidence of vitamin D deficiency in non-diabetic and type II diabetic patients in the King Faisal University (KFU) Health Center in the Al-Ahsa region.Methods
Our study is a cross-sectional study that was carried out at the KFU Health Center in Saudi Arabia. Ethical approval was obtained from the Ethics and Research Committee at the College of Medicine at King Faisal University. The study period was from January 2016 to April 2016. We collected each patient's vitamin D serum level, glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c), and fasting blood glucose at the same time for each patient's particular visit to the hospital. Data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) (IBM SPSS Statistics, Armonk, NY).Results
Our results showed that 89.53% of the patients had a vitamin D level below the normal range. There was a higher incidence of vitamin D deficiency in females (81.67%) than in males (65.27%) (p-value = 0.001). The incidence of vitamin D deficiency was greater in Saudi (82.19%) than non-Saudi patients (68.40%) (p-value = 0.001), as well as in diabetics (89.68%) than non-diabetics (76.12%) patients (p-value = 0.001). Within each group, the incidence of vitamin D deficiency was higher in females than in males. The incidence of vitamin D deficiency was highest in the age group of 21 to 40 years old (86.19%) and lowest in the age group of one to 20 years old (66.1%). The results showed an inverse relationship between the vitamin D level and both fasting blood glucose and HbA1c (independent sample t-test) were used for correlation. The mean fasting glucose was higher in the deficiency group (165.55) as compared to the insufficiency group (118.67). Also, the mean HbA1c was higher in the deficiency group (8.06) as compared to the insufficiency group (7.23) (p-value = 0.030).Conclusions
There was a high incidence of vitamin D deficiency among KFU Health Center patients. The vitamin D level was inversely proportional to the level of fasting glucose and HbA1c. There is an evident role of vitamin D deficiency on glucose tolerance in diabetic patients.Printer Friendly Follow this page for updates2889 visitors, last modified 30 May, 2021,