A study led by researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine has found a correlation between vitamin D3 serum levels and subsequent incidence of Type 1 diabetes. The six-year study of blood levels of nearly 2,000 individuals suggests a preventive role for vitamin D3 in this disease. The research appears the December issue of Diabetologia, a publication of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD). … Read the full story from the UCSD Newsroom
Heather Hofflich, DO, Health Sciences associate clinical professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine, is a coauthor of the report.
Citation for the report: Gorham ED, Garland CF, Burgi AA, Mohr SB, Zeng K, Hofflich H, Kim JJ, Ricordi C. Lower prediagnostic serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration is associated with higher risk of insulin-requiring diabetes: a nested case–control study. Diabetologia 2012; 55:3224–3227. DOI: 10.1007/s00125-012-2709-8. Epub 2012 Sep 7. PMID:22955995.
