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REVIEW article

Front. Endocrinol.
Sec. Clinical Diabetes
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fendo.2024.1504930
This article is part of the Research Topic Recent Advances in Gestational Diabetes: Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention View all articles

Relationship between Vitamin D deficiency and gestational diabetes: A narrative review

Provisionally accepted
Caiqiong Lin Caiqiong Lin 1Haiwei Liu Haiwei Liu 2*
  • 1 Hainan Medical University, Haikou, China
  • 2 Hainan General Hospital, Haikou, Hainan Province, China

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    Vitamin D, often referred to as the "sunshine vitamin," is an essential fat-soluble vitamin that plays a critical role in bone health and has been shown to improve insulin sensitivity and glucose tolerance.Vitamin D deficiency is prevalent among pregnant and pre-pregnancy women, which increases the risk of developing gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), a common complication during pregnancy.Recent studies have explored various aspects of the relationship between vitamin D deficiency and GDM, including the mechanisms by which vitamin D affects glucose metabolism, the role of the vitamin D receptor gene, and the impact of routine vitamin D supplementation before and during pregnancy. This paper will review the current research progress in these areas.

    Keywords: Vitamin D Deficiency, Vitamin D receptor gene, gestational diabetes mellitus, Correlation, Dose supplementation

    Received: 01 Oct 2024; Accepted: 29 Nov 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Lin and Liu. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Haiwei Liu, Hainan General Hospital, Haikou, 570311, Hainan Province, China

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