The impact of vitamin D supplementation on peripheral neuropathy in a sample of Egyptian prediabetic individuals.

ABSTRACT: Background: Vitamin D deficiency is seen more frequently in diabetic patients with distal symmetrical polyneuropathy. Unfortunately, there is a shortage of data concerning prediabetic individuals with peripheral neuropathy (PN). Therefore, we aimed to study the association of vitamin D deficiency with PN severity and to determine the effect of vitamin D supplementation on PN in prediabetics. Methods: A case-control study was conducted consisting of 89 prediabetic individuals with PN and a control group of prediabetics without PN, recruited from the outpatient department of the National Institute of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Cairo, Egypt. All patients were screened for PN using clinical examination and Douleur Neuropathique 4 diagnostic questionnaire (DN4). Group A (with PN)

SUBMITTER: Reda Halawa M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8851293 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature