Beyond its established role in bone and mineral homeostasis, there is emerging evidence
that vitamin D exerts a range of effects in skeletal muscle. Reports of profound muscle …

Cardiometabolic disorders and vitamin D deficiency are becoming increasingly more
prevalent across multiple populations. Different studies have suggested a potential …

Diabetes mellitus is one of the most common endocrine diseases, characterized by an
increase in plasma glucose. Different forms of diabetes with very distinct pathogenesis exist …

It is well established that osteoporosis and diabetes are prevalent diseases with significant
associated morbidity and mortality. Patients with diabetes mellitus have an increased risk of …

The prevalence of type 1 diabetes (T1D) is rising steadily. A potential contributor to the rise
is vitamin D. In this systematic review, we examined the literature around vitamin D and T1D …

The initial observations linking vitamin D to type 2 diabetes in humans came from studies
showing that both healthy and diabetic subjects had a seasonal variation of glycemic …

Observational studies strongly associate vitamin D deficiency with a variety of
cardiovascular diseases beyond defects in bone and calcium metabolism. Vitamin D has …

The prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) is rising alarmingly in the Saudi Arabian
population. This study was conducted to assess the association between vitamin D receptor …

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: A number of studies have shown that polymorphisms in the
vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene are implicated in susceptibility to type 2 diabetes (T2D) …

Background To date the published data concerning the possible interplay between vitamin
D (VitD) and Vit D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphism with the immune/inflammatory …