title: Is there an association between diabetic neuropathy and low vitamin D levels?
abstract: In the past few years, the effects of vitamin D that go beyond its relationship with bone metabolism have come into the focus of scientific attention. Research concerning diabetes and its complications has become a public health priority. An increasing number of reports link vitamin D deficiency to diabetes; however, so far, there has only been limited and contradictory data available on the correlation between diabetic peripheral neuropathy and vitamin D. Studies of people with type 2 diabetes confirmed the relationship between vitamin D deficiency and neuropathy incidence as well as the severity of the symptoms caused by neuropathy. The latest studies are also suggesting a relationship between the incidence of plantar ulcers and vitamin D deficiency.
authors.affiliation: 1st Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Korányi S. u. 2/a, 1089, Hungary, zsuzsannaputz@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Zsuzsanna
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Putz
authors.forename: Tímea
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Martos
authors.forename: Nóra
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Németh
authors.forename: Anna Erzsébet
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Körei
authors.forename: Orsolya Erzsébet
authors.initials: OE
authors.lastname: Vági
authors.forename: Miklós Soma
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kempler
authors.forename: Péter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kempler
mesh_terms: D015519:Bone Density; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism; D003929:Diabetic Neuropathies / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D011634:Public Health; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology