FREQUENCY OF INSULIN RESISTANCE IN PATIENTS WITH HYPOVITAMINOSIS D

Authors

  • Shagufta Yousaf Shaikh
  • Syed Raza Jaffar
  • Aamir Ijaz

Abstract

Objective: To assess the frequency of insulin resistance in patients with Hypovitaminosis D.

Study design: Cross sectional study.

Place & duration of study: Department of Chemical Pathology and Endocrinology PNS SHIFA hospital Karachi, one year after approval of synopsis.

Materials and Methods: A total of 157 subjects found to be having Hypovitaminosis D were included in this study. Blood samples of subjects for serum Vitamin D, fasting plasma glucose, and insulin (fasting) analysis was drawn from ante-cubital vein aseptically in chilled plain serum tubes with gel from all the enrolled patients. All the data was entered on Proforma attached as annexure A.

Results: Frequency of insulin resistance (IR) in patients with hypovitaminosis D was observed in 44.59% (70/157).

Conclusion: The results of our study show that subjects with hypovitaminosis D are at higher risk of insulin resistance. A strategy could be sound to screen IR by Vitamin D testing and promote treatment which could prevent IR.

Keywords: Insulin resistance, Hypovitaminosis D.

Author Biographies

Shagufta Yousaf Shaikh

PNS Shifa, Karachi, Pakistan 

Syed Raza Jaffar

PNS Shifa, Karachi, Pakistan 

Aamir Ijaz

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (National University of Medical Sciences), Rawalpindi Pakistan 

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25-10-2016

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Shaikh SY, Jaffar SR, Ijaz A. FREQUENCY OF INSULIN RESISTANCE IN PATIENTS WITH HYPOVITAMINOSIS D. Pak J Pathol [Internet]. 2016 Oct. 25 [cited 2024 Apr. 20];27(2). Available from: https://pakjpath.com/index.php/Pak-J-Pathol/article/view/352

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Vol. 27 No. 2 (2016)

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