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KMID : 1140420180270040223
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Journal of Obesity & Metabolic Syndrome
2018 Volume.27 No. 4 p.223 ~ p.232
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Vitamin D and Metabolic Diseases: Growing Roles of Vitamin D
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Park Jung-Eun
Pichiah P. B. Tirupathi
Cha Youn-Soo
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Abstract
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Vitamin D, a free sunshine vitamin available for mankind from nature, is capable to avert many health-related critical circumstances. Vitamin D is no more regarded as a nutrient involved in bone metabolism alone. The presence of vitamin D receptor in a number of tissues implies that vitamin D has various physiological roles apart from calcium and phosphorus metabolism. Low serum vitamin D has been found to be associated with various types of metabolic illness such as obesity, diabetes mellitus, insulin resistance, cardiovascular diseases including hypertension. Various studies reported that vitamin D insufficiency or deficiency in linked with metabolic syndrome risk. This review focuses on various metabolic diseases and its relationship with serum vitamin D status.
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KEYWORD
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Vitamin D, Metabolic syndrome, Obesity, Diabetes mellitus, Cardiovascular disease
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