Objective: The aim: To determine the peculiarities of changes in the homocysteine levels in the patients with chronic pancreatitis and type 2 diabetes blood serum depending on the vitamin status.

Patients And Methods: Materials and methods: We investigated 36 patients with chronic pancreatitis and type 2 diabetes, who were included in the first group of the patients examined; Group 2 consisted of 34 patients with chronic pancreatitis; and Group 3 of the patients examined consisted of 40 patients with type 2 diabetes.

Results: Results: All patients examined were diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus of moderate severity. Also, the diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis was confirmed in all patients with type 2 diabetes, which was manifested by exocrine pancreatic insufficiency according to the results of clinical, laboratory and instrumental methods of examination. There was a significant decrease in the level of all B vitamins and 25-(OH)D in patients with chronic pancreatitis and type 2 diabetes (Group I). An increase in the concentration of homocysteine in the serum in all examined groups of patients was established, with the maximum deviation from the norm in patients with chronic pancreatitis and type 2 diabetes (up to 32.7 ± 0.8 μmol / L <0.01). The correlation analysis revealed a strong direct relationship between the level of homocysteine and vitamins B12, B6, 25-(OH)D and an inverse correlation between vitamin B9 in the group of patients with chronic pancreatitis and type 2 diabetes.

Conclusion: Conclusions: Patients with chronic pancreatitis and type 2 diabetes have a decreased levels of B vitamins (B1, B6, B9, B12) and 25-(OH)D, which is accompanied by an increase in serum homocysteine. In patients with chronic pancreatitis and type 2 diabetes, the level of homocysteine in the blood serum directly depends on the decrease in the levels of vitamins B6, B12 and 25-(OH)D in blood serum, as well as inverse depends on vitamin B9 levels in these patients.

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