Severe Vitamin D Deficiency Is Associated With Increased Expression of Inflammatory Cytokines in Painful Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy

@AdiG1993 @mendesthiagob @Rayazamalik The exact mechanism is not well understood, but there’s some evidence of association between VDD & painful DPN, and a growing evidence of resolution of sx upon treating VDD with high dose. Hopefully, RCTs would giv

RT @schoerthals: https://t.co/U3Pim3DgXd Severe vitamin D deficiency already shown to be associated with the inflammatory cytokine expressi…

RT @schoerthals: https://t.co/U3Pim3DgXd Severe vitamin D deficiency already shown to be associated with the inflammatory cytokine expressi…

Low Vitamin D associated with increased Inflammatory Cytokines in painful Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy (DPN) — Prevalence of <10 ng/mL: ➡️25.8% painful DPN ➡️12.5% painless ➡️8.1% no-DPN — D3 negative correlated with (P<.01): IL-6 r=−0.56 TNF-α r=−