Vitamin D and cardiovascular disease

Nutrients

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3005-3021

  Kienreich, Katharina ^a   Tomaschitz, Andreas ^a,b   Verheyen, Nicolas ^a   Pieber, Thomas ^a   Gaksch, Martin ^a   Grübler, Martin R ^a   Pilz, Stefan ^a,c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b Specialist Clinic Bad Aussee   (Austria)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

25 OH cholecalciferol; Cardiovascular disease; Cardiovascular risk factors; Mortality; Vitamin D; Vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; GLUCOSE; LIPID; PLACEBO; VITAMIN D;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN D METABOLISM; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 84881037502     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu5083005     Document Type: Review

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