Association of vitamin d with glycemic control in Saudi patients with type 2 diabetes: A retrospective chart review study in an emerging university hospital.

Khaled K AldossariGulfam AhmadAbdulrahman AljowairNaif AlqahtaniMohammed Bin ShibraynMohammed AlshathriDahfer AlshehriSuhair AkhlaqFaisal Bin HejabAbdulelah AlqahtaniHira Abdul Razzak

Published in: Journal of clinical laboratory analysis (2019)

Taken together, our results demonstrated an association of vitamin D level with poor glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes. However, additional studies with larger sample size from local population are warranted in future to confirm and extend the findings of the present study.

Keyphrases

glycemic control
type diabetes
blood glucose
weight loss
insulin resistance
adipose tissue
skeletal muscle
current status