A study at Emory University measured vitamin D levels in the blood from normals and diabetics with or without different degrees of diabetic retinopathy.
The study found that 81% of the patients with the worst type of diabetic retinopathy (Proliferative retinopathy) were vitamin D deficient. Approximately 70% of other diabetic patients with non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy or no retinopathy at all were vitamin D deficient.
Only 55% on non-diabetics were vitamin D deficient and only 44% of the non-diabetics were deficient if they took a multvitamin supplement.
My conclusion from this study is that those patients who are at risk for diabetic retinopathy should be taking vitamin D supplements.
For more information about diabetic retinopathy read my article @ http://visioneyedoctor.com/dr.-steensma-s-articles/diabetic-eye-disease.htm
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