Calcium intake is not associated with increased coronary artery calcification: The Framingham Study

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1274-1280

  Samelson, Elizabeth J ^a   Booth, Sarah L ^b   Fox, Caroline S ^c   Tucker, Katherine L ^d   Wang, Thomas J ^e   Hoffmann, Udo ^e   Cupples, L Adrienne ^f   O'Donnell, Christopher J ^c   Kiel, Douglas P ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

^d NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; ESTROGEN; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS; CALCIUM INTAKE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENOPAUSE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM, DIETARY; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84869761598     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.112.044230     Document Type: Article

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