Progression of diabetic nephropathy and vitamin D serum levels: A pooled analysis of 7722 patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aim

Low serum Vitamin D levels have been associated with diabetic nephropathy (DN). Our study aimed to analyse the serum levels of vitamin D in patients suffering from DN and the subsequent changes in serum vitamin D levels as the disease progresses.

Methods

PubMed, Embase, SCOPUS and Web of Science were searched using keywords such as '25 hydroxyvitamin D' and 'diabetic nephropathy'. We included observational studies that reported the association between the serum 25 hydroxy vitamin D levels and diabetic nephropathy without restriction to age, gender, and location. R Version 4.1.2 was used to perform the meta-analysis. The continuous outcomes were represented as mean difference (MD) and standard deviation (SD) and dichotomous outcomes as risk ratios (RR) with

SUBMITTER: Dean YE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10638614 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature