TY - JOUR T1 - The effect of vitamin D replacement therapy on insulin resistance: a retrospective study TT - D vitamini replasman tedavisinin insülin direnci üzerine etkisi AU - Uskur, Tuğçe AU - Arıcan Tarım, Bahar PY - 2025 DA - September Y2 - 2025 DO - 10.38053/acmj.1739961 JF - Anatolian Current Medical Journal JO - Anatolian Curr Med J / ACMJ / acmj PB - MediHealth Academy Yayıncılık WT - DergiPark SN - 2718-0115 SP - 647 EP - 651 VL - 7 IS - 5 LA - en AB - Aims: This study retrospectively evaluated the effect of a 3-month vitamin D replacement therapy in patients diagnosed with insulin resistance (IR) and low vitamin D levels. The relationship between changes in vitamin D levels and IR was investigated.Methods: A total of 98 patients with low serum vitamin D levels and HOMA-IR >2.5, who were admitted to the internal medicine outpatient clinic between January 1 and December 31, 2023, were included in this retrospective study. Sociodemographic characteristics and pre-and post-treatment biochemical parameters were obtained from medical records. Post-supplementation levels of vitamin D, glucose, insulin, and HOMA-IR were analyzed. Pre-and post-treatment values were compared using paired t-tests. The relationship between changes in vitamin D levels and HOMA-IR scores was assessed using Spearman correlation analysis.Results: Of the 98 patients, 85.7% were female and 14.3% were male, with a mean age of 39.09±11.45 years. A significant reduction in HOMA-IR score was observed after vitamin D supplementation (pre: 4.54±2.05; post: 3.01±1.28; p KW - Vitamin D KW - insulin resistance KW - HOMA-IR KW - diabetes N2 - Giriş Bu çalışmada, D vitamini düzeyi düşük ve insülin direnci (IR) tanısı almış hastalarda 3 aylık D vitamini replasman tedavisinin HOMA-IR skoruna etkisi retrospektif olarak değerlendirilmiş, ayrıca D vitamini düzeyindeki değişimin insülin direnciyle ilişkisi incelenmiştir. Yöntem Çalışmaya 1 Ocak-31 Aralık 2023 tarihleri arasında D vitamini düzeyi düşük ve HOMA-IR >2.5 olan 98 hasta dahil edilmiştir. Hastaların sosyodemografik verileri ile tedavi öncesi ve sonrası biyokimyasal parametreleri dosya kayıtlarından elde edilmiştir. D vitamini takviyesi sonrası ölçülen D vitamini, glukoz, insülin düzeyleri ve HOMA-IR skorları değerlendirilmiş; öncesi ve sonrası değerler eşleştirilmiş t-testi ile karşılaştırılmıştır. Ayrıca D vitamini düzeyindeki değişim ile HOMA-IR skorundaki değişim arasındaki ilişki Spearman korelasyon analizi ile analiz edilmiştir. Bulgular Çalışmaya dahil edilen 98 hastanın %85.7’si kadın, %14.3’ü erkek olup yaş ortalaması 39.09±11.45 yıldır. D vitamini takviyesi sonrası HOMA-IR skorunda anlamlı bir azalma saptanmıştır (öncesi: 4.54±2.05; sonrası: 3.01±1.28; p CR - Liu X, Tang HY, Luo ZC. Insulin resistance and skin diseases. 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