The Correlation between the Effect of Vitamin D3 and both glycated hemoglobin and fasting glucose levels in Iraqi females in the province of Maysan who have uncontrolled type 2 diabetes

Abstract

A total of 130 overweight Iraqi women with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes, the ages of the women (28 to 60) years, were divided into groups, group 5000 IU (65 women) as group A and control (65 women) as group B. were participants from The Specialized Center for Diabetes in Maysan Province and its related areas in the countryside and the city for this double-blind, randomized control trial (Maysan Province, Iraq). A placebo and 5000 IU of D3 daily were given to the participants for four months. Laboratory tests were conducted at baseline and four months to analyze serum levels. After four months of treatment, positive changes in Glycated hemoglobin, and D3 levels, There was no statistically meaningful change in Fasting blood glucose. Age and place of residence were not considerably different. According to this study, vitamin D may help type 2 diabetics lower their Glycated hemoglobin.