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High-dose vitamin D treatment has no significant effect on β-cell function, insulin sensitivity, or glucose homeostasis in subjects with abnormal glucose tolerance.
Practitioners should reconsider the use of high-dose vitamin D for improving glucose metabolism in at-risk patients.
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The study gives no support for treatment with vitamin D in subjects with abnormal glucose homeostasis.
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Based on the study design involving human subjects and clear outcomes.
Source
Factors potentially influencing pathogenetic mechanisms and hyperglycemia in pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes : clinical studies in humans
Henrik Wagner · Figshare · 2016
other · n=48
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