Τίτλος:
Lack of definite association of Vitamin D deficiency with diabetic neuropathy. investigation in Greek and in bangladeshi patients
Γλώσσες Τεκμηρίου:
Αγγλικά
Περίληψη:
Aim: Determination of the 25(OH) vitamin D levels in Greek-born and in Bangladeshi immigrant patients in Greece with diabetes with and without polyneuropathy. Materials and Methods: The method for the detection and staging of polyneuropathy proposed by Dyck, 1988 was used. Results: A total of 111 Bangladeshi immigrants and 101 Greek diabetic patients took part in the study. Vitamin D levels were significantly lower in Bangladeshi than in Greek diabetic patients, and were significantly lower in Greek patients with small-fiber neuropathy. In Bangladeshi patients, there was no statistically significant difference in the subgroup of patients with polyneuropathy in comparison to those without polyneuropathy. Conclusion: The association of vitamin D deficiency only with a small number of Greek patients with exclusively small-fiber neuropathy does not allow us to draw a definite conclusion on the role of vitamin D in the pathogenesis of diabetic neuropathy.
Συγγραφείς:
Zambelis, T.
Papadakis, G.
Kokotis, P.
Villiotou, V.
Dogkas, N.
Karandreas, N.
Περιοδικό:
In vivo (Athens, Greece)
Εκδότης:
International Institute of Anticancer Research
Λέξεις-κλειδιά:
glycosylated hemoglobin; vitamin D; vitamin D, adult; Article; Bangladeshi; body mass; diabetes mellitus; diabetic neuropathy; diabetic patient; disease association; disease duration; female; Greece; human; immigrant; major clinical study; male; middle aged; pathogenesis; polyneuropathy; small fiber neuropathy; vitamin blood level; vitamin D deficiency; Bangladesh; blood; comorbidity; Diabetic Neuropathies; ethnology; migrant; outpatient; statistics and numerical data; vitamin D deficiency, Bangladesh; Comorbidity; Diabetic Neuropathies; Emigrants and Immigrants; Female; Greece; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Outpatients; Vitamin D; Vitamin D Deficiency
DOI:
10.21873/invivo.11054
