Lack of association between 25(OH)D levels and incident type 2 diabetes in older women.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine whether lower serum levels of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin (OH) D [25(OH)D] are associated with increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

Research design and methods

A post hoc analysis of three nested case-control studies of fractures, colon cancer, and breast cancer that measured serum 25(OH)D levels in women participating in the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) Clinical Trials and Observational Study who were free of prevalent diabetes at baseline. Diabetes was defined as self-report of physician diagnosis or receiving insulin or oral hypoglycemic medication. We used inverse probability weighting to make the study population representative of the WHI population as a whole. Weighted logistic regression models compared 25(OH)D levels (divided into quartil

SUBMITTER: Robinson JG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3041195 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature