1,25-Dihydroxy vitamin D3 treatment attenuates osteopenia, and improves bone muscle quality in Goto-Kakizaki type 2 diabetes model rats

Purpose: Osteopenia and skeletal fragility are considered to be the complications associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). The relationship between glucose metabolism, skeletal quality, and vitamin D have not been completely understood. We aimed to demonstrate a comprehensive bone quality profile in a T2DM model subject and to investigate whether 1, 25-dihydroxy vitamin D3 could prevent osteopenia and skeletal fragility in the diabetes model rats.