Daily Higher-Dose Vitamin D Supplementation May Help Stave Off Type 2 Diabetes In People With Prediabetes
MedPage Today (2/6, Monaco) reports, “Daily higher-dose vitamin D supplementation may help stave off diabetes in an at-risk population, researchers” concluded. In a three-study meta-analysis totaling 4,190 individuals, researchers found that “vitamin D reduced the risk for type 2 diabetes by 15% in people with prediabetes…in a model adjusted for age, gender, body mass index…race, and HbA1c,” translating “to a 3.3%…absolute risk reduction over the course of three years,” according to findings
published online in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Healio (2/6, Bascom) reports, “In terms of safety, there were no significant differences in mortality, hypercalcemia, hypercalciuria, and kidney stones between the vitamin D and placebo groups.” However, the authors of a related editorial
observed, “There are important differences between supplementation and therapy,” and “very high-dose vitamin D therapy might prevent type 2 diabetes in some patients but may also cause harm.”