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ea0041ep518 | Diabetes complications | ECE2016

Vitamin D deficiency association with microvascular complications in type 1 diabetic patients

Prakapiene Edita , Kondrotiene Aiste , Kreivaitiene Egle , Miezyte Raminta , Bauraite Karolina , Radzeviciene Lina , Verkauskiene Rasa

Introduction: Low levels of vitamin D are commonly found in people with type 1 diabetes and recently studies found that vitamin D deficiency (VDD) contributes to the risk of developing diabetic microvascular complications. The aim was to determine the relationship between microvascular complications of diabetes and 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) levels in type 1 diabetic patients.Methods: A total of 143 adults (60 male and 83 female) with type 1 diabetes ...