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Study aim
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The aim of study is to determine the effect of vitamin D supplementation on declining insulin resistance and improving blood glucose control in pregnant women with gestational diabetes.
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Design
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This study is based on parallel triple blind randomized control trial.Randomization was done by block randomization method.The sample size is 44 in total.The trial is in Phase 3
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Settings and conduct
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The duration of intervention will be 6 weeks for each participant. Participants and investigators will be blind. Intervention group will receive 50,000 IU of oral vitamin D supplement twice (at baseline and at 21 days after intervention) in combination with oral calcium carbonate 1000 mg/ daily .The control group will receive placebo twice at baseline and at 21 days after intervention) with oral calcium carbonate 1000 mg tablet daily.The site of this study is the Endocrine Clinic of Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Inclusion criteria:
Pregnant women aged 18 to 40
After first trimester of pregnancy
GDM diagnosis based on standard diagnostic test and confirmation of a obstetrician
Tendency to attend the study.
Exclusion criteria:
Preeclampsia, insulin therapy, hypothyroidism, urinary infection diseases, smoking, renal and liver diseases
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Intervention groups
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Subjects in intervention groups will receive 50000 IU vitamin D3 supplement twice during the study (at baseline and at 21 days) along with 1000 mg/daily calcium carbonate supplement, and those in the placebo group Will receive 2 placebos at the same times and 1000 mg/daily calcium carbonate supplement.
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Main outcome variables
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Fasting plasma glucose, serum lipid profile (Triglyceride, Cholesterol, Low-density lipoprotein, High-density lipoprotein), blood level of vitamin D, plasma insulin level, blood calcium and phosphorus level, and insulin resistance will be assayed via calculating HOMA-IR