Vitamin D status in diabetic Egyptian children and adolescents: a case-control study.

Background: Recently, studies suggesting that vitamin D deficiency correlates with the severity and frequency of Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus (T1DM) and that vitamin D supplementation reduces the risk of developing T1DM have been reported.

Objective: In this study, we aimed to assess vitamin D status in Egyptian children and adolescents with T1DM.

Methods: This was a case-control study including 80 T1DM diagnosed cases aged 6 to 16 years and 40 healthy children with comparable age and gender as the control group.