ROLE OF VITAMIN D IN DIABETES MELLITUS
AbstractDiabetes Mellitus (DM), a global health care problem has been a burden to the socioeconomic society. The increasing incidence highlights the need for innovative approaches for the prevention and management, despite availability of various therapies for managing disease and its complications. There are several factors that seem to play a role in development of DM including genetic, lifestyle, environmental and nutritional conditions. Amongst nutritional factors, Vitamin D is likely to have an important role either in glycemic control or in attenuating diabetic complications. Vitamin D, an excellent marker of ‘good’ health has role in varied functions. Many of the epidemiologic studies have shown that vitamin D deficiency is associated with increased risk of chronic diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, autoimmune diseases and multiple sclerosis. Calcitriol (Vitamin D3) has reported to alter glycemic control and with some evidences pointing to its role in development of DM. Many studies done in past could not give conclusive association, hence benefit of supplementation of Vitamin D in DM patients need to be evaluated precisely
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IJPSR
Abhishek Acharya, and Susheela Somappa Halemani *
Subbaiah Institute of Medical Sciences, Shimoga, Karnataka, India
susheelahalemani@yahoo.com
26 November, 2015
20 January, 2016
07 February, 2016
10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.7(5).1881-88
01 May 2016
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