Vitamin D as a risk factor for premature atherosclerosis in patients with type 2 diabetes.

CONCLUSIONS: Decreased vitamin D levels in patients with diabetes lead to increased CIMT. The absence of a statistically significance difference in lipid profile between increased and normal CIMT groups raises the possibility of underlying causes for atherosclerosis in patients with diabetes other than dyslipidemia. PMID: 26623002 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26623002?dopt=Abstract

Source: Diabetes Metab - December 1, 2015 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Hamdy Al-Said N, Abd El Ghaffar Mohamed N, Salam RF, Fawzy MW Tags: Ther Adv Endocrinol Metab Source Type: research