The effects of vitamin D supplementation on physical function and quality of life in older patients with heart failure a randomized controlled trial

Circulation: Heart Failure

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 195-201

  Witham, Miles D ^a   Crighton, Linda J ^a   Gillespie, Neil D ^a   Struthers, Allan D ^a   McMurdo, Marion E T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Older; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CALCIUM; ERGOCALCIFEROL; PLACEBO; RENIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; VITAMIN D;

6 MINUTE WALK TEST; ACCELEROMETRY; AGE; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL LIMITATIONS PROFILE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MINNESOTA LIVING WITH HEART FAILURE SCORE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEPHROTOXICITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; BLOOD; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HEART FAILURE; METABOLISM; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PLACEBOS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; WALKING;

EID: 77951885784     PISSN: 19413289     EISSN: 19413297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.109.907899     Document Type: Article

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