Is serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D related to indicators of overall physical fitness in healthy postmenopausal women?
Serum 25(OH)D was the common contributor to physical fitness indices (androidal fat mass, lean mass, balance, handgrip strength) in healthy postmenopausal women.
In these type II diabetic patients neither normoalbuminuria nor microalbuminuria are at an average associated with an accelerated decline in kidney function. Still, systolic blood pressure is a determining factor for the rate of decline in the glomerular filtration rate. A longer follow-up time with consecutive glomerular filtration rate measurements are needed to determine the long-term implications of normoalbuminuria and microalbuminuria on kidney function in type II diabetic patients.