Open AccessLack of association of statin use with Vitamin D levels in a hospital based population of type 2 diabetes mellitus patients
Author(s) -
Khalida Iqbal,
Najmul Islam,
Iqbal Azam,
Naseema Mehboobali,
Mohammad Perwaiz Iqbal
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
pakistan journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1682-024X
pISSN - 1681-715X
DOI - 10.12669/pjms.341.11977
Subject(s) - medicine , type 2 diabetes mellitus , diabetes mellitus , statin , type 2 diabetes , population , association (psychology) , endocrinology , environmental health , philosophy , epistemology
To investigate the relationship of statins (drug given to reduce serum levels of LDL-cholesterol) on vitamin D levels of Pakistani type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) patients in a hospital in Karachi.