The relation between Serum Vitamin C and D, Calcium Intake With Obese Type 2 Diabetic Patients

This study took place at Al-kindy hospital on 30 men with type 2 diabetes mellitus aged between (35-52) years old and 30 control men aged between (37-48) years old. In addition, the body mass index, vitamin D and C, serum calcium were measured. It was noticed that the body mass index increases in diabetic group (28.9 kg/m²) in comparison with the control group (24.2 kg/m²). Besides, serum calcium, vitamins C&D showed a significant decrease in diabetogenic patients (7.601mg/ml, 0.61ng/ml,16.48ng/ml respectively) Compared with the control ones (9.871mg/dl, 1.21ng/ml, 28.104ng/ml respectively)