Open AccessEffect of Vitamin D supplementation on glycemic parameters and progression of prediabetes to diabetes: A 1-year, open-label randomized study
Author(s) -
Mohammad Shafi Kuchay,
Bashir Ahmad Laway,
Muhammad Salman Bashir,
Arshad Iqbal Wani,
Raiz Ahmad Misgar,
Zaffar Amin Shah
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2230-9500
pISSN - 2230-8210
DOI - 10.4103/2230-8210.152783
Subject(s) - prediabetes , medicine , glycemic , diabetes mellitus , vitamin d and neurology , endocrinology , vitamin , impaired fasting glucose , population , plasma glucose , type 2 diabetes , impaired glucose tolerance , environmental health
Whether Vitamin D supplementation in prediabetes subjects prevents the development of diabetes is a matter of debate, and the results are inconsistent. This open-label, randomized study in subjects with prediabetes evaluated the effect of 12 months of Vitamin D supplementation on glycemic parameters and progression of prediabetes to diabetes in an ethnically homogeneous Kashmiri population.