Yu. I. Komisarenko

A. A. Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine;
e-mail: julia_komissarenko@hotmail.com

Vitamin D deficiency is an increasingly recognized public health problem of population as a whole and against a background of different chronic diseases. The aim of the study was to determine the status of D-vitamin, mineral, carbohydrate and lipid metabolism in patients with diabetes 1 and 2 types and in the case of vitamin D₃ application. The data on the impact of vitamin D₃ deficiency on mine­ral, carbohydrate and lipid metabolism, as well as on pancreatic β-cells functional activity in patients with diabetes mellitus types 1 and 2 are presented. Certain reasons that lead to the disruption of vitamin D₃ metabolism in patients with diabetes mellitus and the results of vitamin D₃ application in clinics are discussed.