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Vitamin D deficiency is associated with high prevalence of diabetes in Kuwaiti adults: results from a national survey

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Title
Vitamin D deficiency is associated with high prevalence of diabetes in Kuwaiti adults: results from a national survey
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BMC Public Health, February 2016
DOI 10.1186/s12889-016-2758-x
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Fang Fang Zhang, Suad Al Hooti, Sameer Al Zenki, Husam Alomirah, Kazi M Jamil, Aravinda Rao, Nasser Al Jahmah, Edward Saltzman, Lynne M. Ausman

Abstract

Vitamin D homeostasis may play a critical role in glucose metabolism. Little is known on vitamin D deficiency and its association with diabetes in countries of the Arabia Gulf where the population is experiencing a rapid increase in the incidence of diabetes. In a cross-sectional study of 960 adults enrolled in the first National Nutrition Survey of the State of Kuwait (NNSSK), we examined vitamin D status in association with the prevalence of diabetes and prediabetes. Vitamin D status was measured by serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitami D (25(OH)D). Prevalences of diabetes and prediabetes were determined based on fasting glucose and HbA1C levels. The median level of serum 25(OH)D in Kuwaiti adults was 13.8 ng/ml. Approximately 56 % of the Kuwaiti adults had vitamin D inadequacy (25(OH)D = 12-19.9 ng/ml), and 27 % had vitamin D deficiency (25(OH)D < 12 ng/ml). The prevalences of prediabetes and diabetes were 40 and 27 %, respectively. Vitamin D inadequacy (OR = 1.7, 95 % CI: 1.0-2.9) and deficiency (OR =2.0, 95 % CI: 1.1-3.3) was each associated with about two-fold increased odds of prediabetes compared to sufficient vitamin D status (25(OH)D ≥20 ng/ml). Vitamin D inadequacy (OR =2.1, 95 % CI: 1.2-3.7) and deficiency (OR =2.0, 95 % CI: 1.1-3.9) were also associated with two-fold increased odds of diabetes. Data from Kuwaiti's first nutrition nutritional survey suggests a very high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in Kuwaiti adults. Associations of low vitamin D status and high prevalence of diabetes point to the need of continuous monitoring of vitamin D status and further evaluating potential health consequences in this high-risk population.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 10 15%
Student > Master 9 14%
Student > Ph. D. Student 6 9%
Student > Bachelor 6 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 5 8%
Other 16 25%
Unknown 13 20%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 25 38%
Nursing and Health Professions 9 14%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 6%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 3 5%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 5%
Other 3 5%
Unknown 18 28%
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