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Vitamin D Supplementation Not Linked to Reduced Cardiovascular Events

by Colleen Fleiss on Jun 23 2019 5:11 PM

Vitamin D supplementation was associated with reduced risk of cardiovascular disease events such as heart attack or stroke, stated new study.

Vitamin D Supplementation Not Linked to Reduced Cardiovascular Events
Vitamin D supplementation does not reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases events such as heart attack or stroke, revealed a meta-analysis, combined the results of 21 randomized clinical trials with about 83,000 patients.
Some //observational studies have suggested an association between low blood levels of vitamin D and an increased risk of cardiovascular disease events.

The results were similar between different doses of vitamin D and for men and women. A limitation of the study is that the definition of major adverse cardiovascular events varied between the clinical trials.

Source-Eurekalert


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