University Publications

The study aims are to evaluate prolactin (PRL) level in vitamin D (VitD) deficiency type-2 diabetes mellitus. A cross-sectional study was conducted in120 type-2 diabetic patients, aged between 25-80 years, classified based on vitamin D results into two groups, case (<30 ng/ml) and control (>30ng/ml) groups, anthropometrics variables (age, gender, and BMI) and diabetes duration were examined. Blood glucose, vit D and PRL were measured by spectrophotometry and ELISA techniques. Type-2 DM and overweight were more frequent in females (63.0%, 77.6%) than males respectively. VitD deficiency was common in females compared to males 75.0% vs 45.5%. This study showed no correlation between vitD and PRL (P= 0.588), also there was no correlation between serum PRL and duration of diabetes (P = 0.360), PRL significantly correlated to blood glucose level. Study concludes that, vit D deficiency is more common in female, and overweight male is more vulnerable to vitD deficiency, prolactin level correlate positively with blood glucose level.