ORCID Identifiers

0000-0002-4923-484X

Document Type

Article

Source of Publication

Disease Markers

Publication Date

1-1-2015

Abstract

© 2015 Dimitrios Papandreou and Zujaja-Tul-Noor Hamid. The dietary reference values for Vitamin D were set primarily considering its role in bone health, but with the discovery of Vitamin D receptors throughout body tissues, new links with other health conditions are now studied, such as for diabetes and cardiovascular diseases (CVD). This paper shall analyze and examine all new research studies carried out, especially in 2013-2015 regarding diabetes mellitus (DM) and cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Vast research has been carried out to establish strong relationship between Vitamin D serum levels, supplementation, diabetes, and CVD. However, the results from researches identified in this paper are disputable. Benefits of Vitamin D adequate levels were recognized from gestational period until later in disease development such as diabetes and/or CVD, but since not all studies are in agreement further investigation is suggested. Researches conducting large randomized controlled trials, exploring range of supplement doses, with variable baseline serum Vitamin D levels, and inclusion of array of associated parameters, are still required to conduct large-scale analysis and draw conclusion as a risk factor. Until then it is possible to conclude that maintenance of serum Vitamin D levels holds advantageous aspects in diabetic and cardiovascular conditions, and people should strive to attain them.

ISSN

0278-0240

Publisher

Hindawi Limited

Volume

2015

First Page

580474

Last Page

580474

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

Keywords

vitamin D, vitamin, vitamin D, cardiovascular disease, cardiovascular inflammation, diabetes mellitus, disease course, gestation period, heredity, human, medical literature, medical research, priority journal, Review, risk factor, vitamin blood level, vitamin supplementation, Cardiovascular Diseases, clinical trial (topic), diabetes mellitus, genetics, metabolism, Cardiovascular Diseases, Clinical Trials as Topic, Diabetes Mellitus, Humans, Vitamin D, Vitamins

Scopus ID

84947968599

Creative Commons License

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Indexed in Scopus

yes

Open Access

yes

Open Access Type

Gold: This publication is openly available in an open access journal/series

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