Vitamin D Deficiency potentially linked with Diabetic Foot complications
Diabetic foot complications pose a significant risk to those with diabetes mellitus.
Researchers have found in a new study that there was a potential link of diabetic foot with vitamin D deficiency. The outcomes of study have been published in the The International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds.
The study, which focused on patients with type 2 diabetes, aimed to determine the prevalence of 25-OH-vitamin D deficiency and its association with diabetic foot conditions. Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus were divided into two groups: those with diabetic foot complications (n=95) and those without (n=388). Various clinical data, including measurements of weight, height, and waist circumference, along with biochemical tests obtained from electronic medical records was collected.
The study uncovered that 44.6% of participants had 25-OH-vitamin D deficiency. Strikingly, this deficiency was more prevalent in the diabetic foot group, affecting 57.9% of patients in this category, compared to 41.0% in the non-diabetic foot group. Moreover, the mean serum 25-OH-vitamin D levels significantly differed between the two groups, with the diabetic foot group displaying lower levels (19.8 ± 9.5) compared to the non-diabetic foot group (24.1 ± 11.8; P = .011).
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