ArticleCells2023
Investigating the Association between Diabetic Neuropathy and Vitamin D in Emirati Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
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- Association Between Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Levels and Neuropathic Pain Features in Adults Presenting with Musculoskeletal Pain: A Cross-Sectional Study.Metabolites · 2026Article
- Association of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels with indicators of target organ damage in patients with diabetes: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Article
- Lower serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels predict higher risk of DSPN in type 2 diabetes, and exhibit a non-linear association with the severity of DSPN.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Article
- The role of clinical laboratory parameters in diabetic neuropathy: correlations and recent advances.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Review
- Associations of FGF23 and Apelin-13 with osteoporosis and diabetic peripheral neuropathy in postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes mellitus.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Association of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D with the risk of depression in individuals with prediabetes and diabetes: A prospective cohort study.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2025Article
- Association of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D with sleep disorders in individuals with prediabetes and diabetes: a prospective cohort study.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Article
- Vitamin D Deficiency-Associated Neuropathic Pain Examined in a Chronic Pain Management Program.The Permanente journal · 2024Article
- Vitamin D-A New Therapeutic Target in the Management of Type 2 Diabetes Patients.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Efficacy and safety of high-dose intramuscular vitamin DFrontiers in endocrinology · 2023Article
- Interplay of Vitamin D, Inflammation, and Bone Health in Emirati Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Cross-sectional Study.Saudi journal of medicine & medical sciencesArticle
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Abstract
(1) Background: Vitamin D deficiency is a common public health problem in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and globally, and interestingly, improvements in diabetic neuropathy after taking Vitamin D supplementation for a short time have been reported. Despite living in a country that is sunny all year round, hypovitaminosis D, indicated by an obvious low serum vitamin D level, has been recurrently noted in the UAE, as well as in the surrounding Arabian Gulf countries. This problem is receiving much attention and attracting clinical and academic interest. Therefore, the main objective of the present study is to identify the association, if any, between vitamin D deficiency and the development of diabetic neuropathy in the UAE population with T2DM. (2) Methods: a total of 600 Emirati patients (male and female) with T2DM, aged between 20 and 80, were recruited from University Hospital Sharjah (UHS). The medical records of the patients were reviewed and analyzed. (3) Results: The results of the present study showed that among the 600 patients, 50% were affected with diabetic neuropathy. Vitamin D level in patients with neuropathy were estimated to be around 20 ng/mL (IQR 14-25), and vitamin D levels were significantly higher (33 ng/mL (IQR 20-42)) among patients without neuropathy, with
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