Vitamin D: Another Important Nutritional Metric in DFU

David G. Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD

 

A recent meta-analysis in the International Wound Journal took a closer look at vitamin D deficiency and patients with diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs). Lin and colleagues’ literature search initially included over 7,500 subjects with diabetes.1 They found that those subjects with diabetic foot ulcers had significantly lower levels of vitamin D, higher prevalence of vitamin D deficiency (less than 50 nmoL/L) and more severe vitamin D deficiency than those without DFU … read more