Vitamin D deficiency increases risk of gestational diabetes

2015-11-07 15:32:16

In this recent meta-analysis, the authors investigated the relationship between vitamin D levels and gestational diabetes mellitus ^[1]. A systematic literature search was conducted on multiple medical databases. Utilizing 9209 participants showed that women with vitamin D deficiency experienced a significantly increased risk for developing diabetes, by about 53%. A subgroup analysis with study design showed that there were obvious heterogeneities in nested case-control studies. Sensitivity analysis showed that exclusion of any single study did not materially alter the overall combined effect. There were 20 studies used in total.