Vitamin D Status in Diabetic Ulcer in The Tropical Area

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a problem in health because it can cause a high disability and death worldwide. A metabolic disorder occurs which associated with pathophysiological changes in many organs in type 2 diabetes. Death is not caused by diabetes directly, but from its complications. Most complications are diabetic ulcers with a prevalence of 25%. This paper was a cross-sectional study that highlight vitamin D status associated with diabetic ulcer. The study population was patients with diabetic ulcers who were treated (outpatient and inpatient) in dr. M. Djamil Padang Hospital and Ibnu Sina Yarsi Padang Hospital and others that met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The number of samples was 36 people through interviews and medical record data. Our result shows data that vitamin D status was below the normal value in more than 50% of the diabetic ulcer. The results of the relationship between Vitamin D status and Wagner's classification of diabetic ulcer patients that there was no significant difference between vitamin D status p=1,000. Vitamin D status can affect some medical condition. Vitamin D prevents and improves vascular disease, through improvement of anti-inflammatory and finally, it makes an endothelial dysfunction that contributes to being a diabetic ulcer