Peripheral artery disease (PAD) serves as a risk factor for diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) development. PAD pathology involves atherosclerosis and impaired immunity. We aimed to investigate if circulating non‐classical monocytes and vitamin D 3} were implicated in PAD associated with DFU. Non‐classical monocytes frequency and vitamin D 3} levels were significantly reduced in DFU patients with PAD. Non‐classical monocytes frequency was associated with vitamin D 3} in DFU patients, and both parameters were linked to lipid profile. Vitamin D 3} upregulation was a risk‐reducing factor for PAD occurrence
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【저자키워드】 Vitamin D3, diabetic foot ulcer, monocyte subsets,
【저자키워드】 Vitamin D3, diabetic foot ulcer, monocyte subsets,