Does vitamin D play a significant role in type 2 diabetes?

Does vitamin D play a significant role in type 2 diabetes?

BACKGROUND Vitamin D deficiency reportedly is associated with type 2 diabetes (T2DM). We aim to examine whether 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) has clinically significant influence on hemoglobin glycation (HbA1c) and insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) in T2DM subjects. METHODS Present study was carried out in 912 subjects (429 T2DM cases and 483 non-diabetic controls) from Western India. The enrolled s...

Vitamin D: does it play a role in psychiatry?

Vitamin D and Type 2 Diabetes

Diabetes rates are increasing around the world, mainly driven by increasing levels of obesity (1). The dilemma for diabetes prevention is that the main risk factor—obesity—is a product of our modern lifestyle (the so-called obesogenic environment) (2). Immediate prospects for changing the environment to reverse rising obesity levels are not promising, and there is a need to consider other optio...

role of vitamin d on glycemic control and oxidative stress in type 2 diabetes mellitus

background: vitamin d deficiency may play a key role in the development of impaired glucose tolerance, type 2 diabetes mellitus (t2dm), and metabolic syndrome. several studies have shown that vitamin d has an antioxidant property. we aimed to investigate 25?hydroxy vitamin d (25[oh]d) levels in patients with t2dm and in nondiabetic healthy controls and to ascertain the impact of 25(oh)d levels ...

Vitamin D Deficiency is Associated with the Metabolic Syndrome in Subjects with Type 2 Diabetes

Background and Objectives: There is convincing evidence that subjects concomitantly affected by type 2 diabetes (T2D) and metabolic syndrome (MeS) are at greater risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD). Many metabolic derangements in T2D might be attributed to poor vitamin D status. The purpose of this study was to investigate the associations among vitamin D status, MeS and glycemic status in su...