| ND | Nocturnal Dipping |
| BP | Blood Pressure |
| ABPM | Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring |
| DKD | Diabetic Kidney Disease |
| CAN | Cardiovascular Autonomic Neuropathy |
| 25(OH)D | 25-hydroxyvitamin D |
| T1DM | Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus |
| T2DM | Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus |
| HUJBB | João de Barros Barreto University Hospital |
| UFPA | Federal University of Pará |
| UACR | Urine albumin-creatinine ratio |
| ICF | Informed Consent Form |
| GFR | Glomerular Filtration Rate |
| DEQAS | Vitamin D External Quality Assessment Scheme |
| HbA1c | Hemoglobin A1c |
| HPLC | High-performance Liquid Chromatography |
| IOM | Institute of Medicine |
| CARTs | Cardiovascular autonomic reflex tests |
| HRV | Heart rate variability |
| VLF | Very Low Frequency |
| LF | Low Frequency |
| HF | High Frequency |
| TP | Total Power |
| ACEi | Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors |
| ARB | Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers |
| SGLT2 | Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 |
| GLP-1 | Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 |
| BMI | Body Mass Index |
| FPG | Fasting Plasma Glucose |
| CKD-EPI | Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration |
| HDL | High-Density Lipoprotein |
| LDL | Low-Density Lipoprotein |
| SBP | Systolic Blood Pressure |
| DBP | Diastolic Blood Pressure |
| SPSS | Statistical Package for the Social Sciences |
| ANOVA | One-way Analysis of Variance |
| RAAS | Renin–angiotensin–aldosterone System |
| ADA | American Diabetes Association |