The Role of Vitamin D in Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease: An Updated Review of the Literature

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 a...

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Main Authors: Dimitrios Papandreou, Zujaja-Tul-Noor Hamid
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:Disease Markers
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/580474