ReviewJournal of ophthalmic & vision research
Serum Levels of Vitamin D in Diabetic Patients With and Without Retinopathy.
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- Vitamin D and Ocular Diseases: A Systematic Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Pooled it
- Association of vitamin D3 and diabetic retinopathy in US adults: A cross-sectional study.Medicine · 2026Article
- Impact of Vitamin D Deficiency and VDRFood science & nutrition · 2025Article
- Impact of vitamin D on glycemic control and microvascular complications in type 2 diabetes: A cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2025Article
- Vitamin D deficiency and diabetic retinopathy risk in patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus: a retrospective analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- The Role of Diet and Oral Supplementation for the Management of Diabetic Retinopathy and Diabetic Macular Edema: A Narrative Review.BioMed research international · 2025Review
- Effect of High-Sucrose Diet on the Occurrence and Progression of Diabetic Retinopathy and Dietary Modification Strategies.Nutrients · 2024Review
- Vitamin D and Diabetic Retinopathy.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- The Roles of Vitamins in Diabetic Retinopathy: A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- Vitamin D, the Vitamin D Receptor, Calcitriol Analogues and Their Link with Ocular Diseases.Nutrients · 2022Review
- Role of vitamin D in diabetic retinopathy: Pathophysiological and clinical aspects.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2021Review
- Elevated NLRP3 Inflammasome Levels Correlate With Vitamin D in the Vitreous of Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Article
- Vitamin D Protects against Oxidative Stress and Inflammation in Human Retinal Cells.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Diabetes Mellitus and Vitamin D Deficiency:Comparable Effect on Survival and a DeadlyAssociation after a Myocardial Infarction.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
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Abstract
purposeTo evaluate the levels of vitamin D in the serum of diabetic patients with and without diabetic retinopathy (DR).
methodsThirty patients with DR and thirty diabetic patients without retinopathy were included in this cross-sectional study. Based on ophthalmic examination, patients with DR were categorized into having non-proliferative retinopathy (NPDR) and proliferative retinopathy (PDR). Patients were tested for fasting blood sugar (FBS), hemoglobin A1C (HbA1C), 25-hydroxy vitamin D (25 (OH) D), and creatinine levels in the serum, and for urine protein. Vitamin D deficiency was defined as a serum 25 (OH) D level
resultsWe found that all diabetic patients had mild vitamin D deficiency (serum 25 (OH) D level = 10-20 ng/mL). The mean serum 25 (OH) D concentration in patients with DR was lower than in those without DR (12.10
conclusionThe present study demonstrated that patients with DR had lower levels of serum vitamin D compared with those without retinopathy.
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