scholarly journals The Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation on Glycemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Nutrients ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 375 ◽  
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Medicine ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 98 (14) ◽  
pp. e14970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhiwei Hu ◽  
Jin’an Chen ◽  
Xinjuan Sun ◽  
Lei Wang ◽  
Aiping Wang

2017 ◽  
Vol 176 (1) ◽  
pp. R1-R14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yvonne H M Krul-Poel ◽  
Marieke M ter Wee ◽  
Paul Lips ◽  
Suat Simsek

Objective Epidemiologic studies suggest that vitamin D status plays a role in glycaemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes. However, intervention studies yielded inconsistent results. The aim of this study is to systematically review the effect of vitamin D supplementation on glycaemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes. Methods Systematic review and meta-analysis. We searched Medline, Embase and the Cochrane Library for RCTs examining the effect of vitamin D supplementation on glycaemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes. A random-effects model meta-analysis was performed to obtain a summarized outcome of vitamin D supplementation on HbA1c, fasting glucose and homeostasis model assessment – insulin resistance (HOMA-IR). Results Twenty-three RCTs were included in this systematic review representing a total of 1797 patients with type 2 diabetes. Mean (± s.d.) change in serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D varied from 1.8 ± 10.2 nmol/L to 80.1 ± 54.0 nmol/L. Nineteen studies included HbA1c as outcome variable. Combining these studies no significant effect in change of HbA1c was seen after vitamin D intervention compared with placebo. A significant effect of vitamin D supplementation was seen on fasting glucose in a subgroup of studies (n = 4) with a mean baseline HbA1c ≥ 8% (64 mmol/mol) (standardized difference in means: 0.36; 95% CI: 0.12–0.61, P = 0.003). Conclusions Current evidence of RCTs does not support short-term vitamin D supplementation in a heterogeneous population with type 2 diabetes. However, in patients with poorly controlled diabetes, a favourable effect of vitamin D is seen on fasting glucose.


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