Significant vitamin D deficiency in youth with type 1 diabetes mellitus.

Svoren, Britta M; Volkening, Lisa K; Wood, Jamie R; Laffel, Lori M B · J Pediatr · 2009

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Abstract

Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D was measured in 128 youth with type 1 diabetes mellitus. Less than 25% of the patients were vitamin D sufficient. Because individuals with type 1 diabetes mellitus possess multiple risk factors for skeletal fragility, ensuring vitamin D sufficiency throughout childhood and adolescence in this population seems especially warranted.

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