Neuropathic pain is not associated with serum vitamin D but is associated with female gender in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Neuropathic pain was not associated with serum vitamin D but was associated with female gender in type 2 DM. Because our results were not consistent with other studies that used different neuropathy assessment tools, we suggest that further research should be conducted to check the validity of these tools in identifying subjects with neuropathy.