| Chapter title |
Vitamin D and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
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|---|---|
| Chapter number | 16 |
| Book title |
Ultraviolet Light in Human Health, Diseases and Environment
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| Published in |
Advances in experimental medicine and biology, January 2017
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| DOI | 10.1007/978-3-319-56017-5_16 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Book ISBNs |
978-3-31-956016-8, 978-3-31-956017-5
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| Authors |
Claire Michael Issa, Issa, Claire Michael |
| Abstract |
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has become a significant global health care problem and its reported incidence is increasing at an alarming rate. Despite the improvement in therapy and development of new drugs, treatment still remains insufficient especially due to the associated side effects of most available drugs. Efforts are continuing toward disease prevention and search for safer drugs. Conflicting evidence is associating low levels of vitamin D in the body to T2DM and as such studies have been conducted to test the effect of vitamin D levels on incidence of diabetes, diabetic control as well as diabetic complications.Despite the conflicting evidence, vitamin D replacement seems to have some beneficial effect on the many aspects of diabetes: incidence, control and complications. Further long term and more convincing controlled trials are required in order to draw firmer conclusions on this beneficial role of vitamin D treatment on T2DM. |
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