NCT03258086

Vitamin D in Diabetic Children

Assessment of Vitamin D in Children With Type 1 Diabetes

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (actual)
• Sponsor: Assiut University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 5 Years – 15 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Vitamin D is so-called "sunshine vitamin",it is synthesized in the skin during exposure to the ultraviolet rays in sunlight so it has been suggested that ∼ 5-30 minutes of sun exposure between 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. at least twice per week on the skin of the face, arms, back, or legs (without sunscreen) is usually adequate for vitamin D synthesis. Vitamin D is also found in plants (mainly mushrooms and yeast) and in a few foods such as fatty fish. Vitamin D supplement is recommended in all infants until enough formula, milk, or other food sources are ingested to sufficiently provide 400 IU/day to prevent vitamin D deficiency. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease, and the self immune system plays a central role in the destruction of the beta cell of pancrease.

Conditions

• Vitamin D Deficiency

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	blood sample test	blood sample will be taken from all diabetic children for assessment of vitamin D level

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-11-01
• Primary completion: 2017-08-01
• Completion: 2017-09-01
• First posted: 2017-08-23
• Last updated: 2018-01-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt