Background A large number of observational studies have reported harmful effects of low 25-
hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) levels on non-skeletal outcomes. We performed a systematic …

Vitamin D is a key hormone involved in the regulation of calcium/phosphorous balance and
recently it has been implicated in the pathogenesis of sub-inflammation, insulin resistance …

Aims We aimed to assess whether vitamin D supplementation improves glucose metabolism
in adults with type 2 diabetes. Methods PubMed and Cochrane database were searched up …

Objective Epidemiologic studies suggest that vitamin D status plays a role in glycaemic
control in patients with type 2 diabetes. However, intervention studies yielded inconsistent …

Introduction Low vitamin D status has been found to be associated with impaired glycemic
control in patients who suffer from type 2 diabetes; however, whether vitamin D …

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 …

Vitamin D has the pleiotropic effects in multiple organ systems, and vitamin D deficiency was
suggested to be associated with high blood pressure according to previous reports. Several …

Objectives A number of studies have hypothesized that vitamin D is a potential factor in the
prevention of falls in the elderly; however, the effect of vitamin D is still inconsistent and not …

Background Vitamin D plays a major role in physiological processes that modulate mineral
metabolism and immune function with probable link to several chronic and infectious …

Vitamin D has been traditionally recognized as a vitamin quintessential for bone–mineral
health. In the past 2 decades, numerous experimental and observational studies have …