Calcium supplements and risk of myocardial infarction: An hypothesis twice tested

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Reid, Ian R ^a   Bolland, Mark J ^a   Grey, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; VITAMIN D;

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LETTER; META ANALYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; SUPPLEMENTATION;

BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; CALCIUM, DIETARY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OSTEOPOROSIS;

EID: 84858952743     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2011.09.006     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. Hennekens CH, Barice EJ. Calcium supplements and risk of myocardial infarction: a hypothesis formulated but not yet adequately tested. Am J Med. 2011;doi:10.1016/j.amjmed.2011.05.001.
2. Bolland MJ, Grey A, Avenell A, Gamble GD, Reid IR. Calcium supplements with or without vitamin D and risk of cardiovascular events: reanalysis of the Women's Health Initiative limited access dataset and meta-analysis. BMJ. 2011;342:d2040 [doi:10.1136/bmj.d2040].