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Loss of Nocturnal Dipping in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus According to Diabetic Kidney Disease: The Role of Vitamin D Levels

Key takeaways

In people with type 2 diabetes, those who had kidney disease were more likely to have a blood pressure pattern that does not drop at night — and low vitamin D levels were linked to this pattern. This study shows a connection, but does not prove that low vitamin D causes the problem.

Who did this work

João Soares Felício (Universidade Federal do Pará) · Isabel Jacob Fernandes (Universidade Federal do Pará) · Marina Izabel Monteiro de Oliveira (Universidade Federal do Pará) · Beatriz Dias Lobo (Universidade Federal do Pará) · Maria Eduarda Nunes Avelar do Carmo (Universidade Federal do Pará) · Alessandra Pitanga Cardoso Costa (Universidade Federal do Pará) · Isabella Almeida dos Santos (Universidade Federal do Pará) · Karem Miléo Felício (Universidade Federal do Pará) · Priscila Boaventura Barbosa de Figueiredo (Universidade Federal do Pará) · Lilian De Souza D Albuquerque Silva (Universidade Federal do Pará) · Franciane Trindade Cunha de Melo (Universidade Federal do Pará) · Ana Carolina Contente Braga de Souza (Universidade Federal do Pará)

Source

Paper · OpenAlex, Kidney disease concept sweep (verified C2778653478) · 2026-08-27
https://doi.org/10.3390/nu18172807