Significant Vitamin D Deficiency in Youth with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
Received 27 March 2008; received in revised form 6 May 2008; accepted 14 July 2008.
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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.
aPediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult Section, Genetics and Epidemiology Section, Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, MA
bDivision of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Reprint requests: Britta Svoren, MD, Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult Section, Joslin Diabetes Center, One Joslin Pl, Boston, MA 02215
Supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health (RO1DK046887 to L.L. and K12DK63696 to B.S.). Support was also received from the Charles H. Hood Foundation and Eli Lilly and Company. The authors declare no affiliations, financial agreements, or other involvements that would constitute a conflict of interest.
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