Children who receive higher levels of Vitamin D during infancy and childhood may be significantly at a lower risk of developing islet autoimmunity as well as Type 1 diabetes, according to a study. Type 1 diabetes is a chronic autoimmune disease that is increasing by 3-5 per cent annually worldwide and occurs when the body\u2019s immune system destroys its own insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas.<\/p>\n
Islet autoimmunity, detected by antibodies that appear when the immune system attacks the islet cells in the pancreas that produce insulin, is a precursor to Type 1 diabetes. \u201cFor several years there has been controversy among scientists about whether Vitamin D lowers the risk of developing of islet autoimmunity and Type 1 diabetes,\u201d said lead author Jill Norris from the Colorado University \u2013 Anschutz.<\/p>\n
In the study, published in the journal Diabetes, the team searched for triggers and protective factors in 8,676 children with elevated Type 1 diabetes risk. They identified islet autoimmunity in 376 children and compared them with 1,041 children who did not.<\/p>\n
Among children who were at an increased genetic risk for Type 1 diabetes, those with lower Vitamin D levels in infancy and childhood went on to develop islet autoimmunity compared with those who did not develop autoimmunity.<\/p>\n
The study showed that higher childhood vitamin D levels are significantly associated with a decreased risk of islet autoimmunity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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