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Song S, Lyu J, Song BM, Lim JY, Park HY. Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality: A 14-year prospective cohort study. Clin Nutr 2024; 43:2156-2163. [PMID: 39142109 DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2024.07.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2024] [Revised: 07/21/2024] [Accepted: 07/31/2024] [Indexed: 08/16/2024]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS The circulating vitamin D level that is optimal for health is unknown. This study aimed to examine the association between circulating vitamin D level and risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality. METHODS This prospective cohort study included 18,797 Korean adults aged 40 years or older, living in rural areas, with no history of cancer or cardiovascular disease (CVD) at baseline. Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) levels were measured at baseline. Participants were followed-up from the survey date (2005-2012) until December 31, 2021. Cox proportional hazards regression was used to estimate hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for mortality by baseline vitamin D level. Restricted cubic splines were used to explore the nonlinearity. RESULTS The median (interquartile range) of 25(OH)D level was 55.8 (40.8-71.8) nmol/L. During a median follow-up of 14.3 years, 2250 deaths were recorded. Compared with participants with a 25(OH)D level <30 nmol/L, higher vitamin D levels (30 to < 50, 50 to < 75, and ≥75 nmol/L) were associated with a lower risk of all-cause mortality: HR (95% CI) of 0.82 (0.69-0.98), 0.74 (0.62-0.88), and 0.69 (0.57-0.84), respectively. A nonlinear relationship between vitamin D level and all-cause mortality was observed, with the risk plateauing between 50 and 60 nmol/L (p for nonlinearity = 0.009). The association was more pronounced for cancer-related mortality. HR 0.55 (95% CI: 0.39-0.77) for a 25(OH)D level ≥75 nmol/L compared with <30.0 nmol/L. Low vitamin D levels were associated with increased CVD mortality in men. CONCLUSIONS Vitamin D level was inversely associated with all-cause and cause-specific mortality in middle-aged and older adults. Maintaining a serum 25(OH)D level of approximately 50-60 nmol/L may contribute to longevity and warrants further investigation.
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- Sihan Song
- Division of Population Health Research, Department of Precision Medicine, Korea National Institute of Health, Cheongju 28159, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Population Health Research, Department of Precision Medicine, Korea National Institute of Health, Cheongju 28159, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Population Health Research, Department of Precision Medicine, Korea National Institute of Health, Cheongju 28159, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Population Health Research, Department of Precision Medicine, Korea National Institute of Health, Cheongju 28159, Republic of Korea
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- Korea National Institute of Health, Cheongju 28159, Republic of Korea.
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Hollabaugh WL, Hymel A, Pennings JS, Clark DE, Soslow JH, Karpinos AR. Vitamin D Status and Cardiovascular Disease in College Athletes After SARS-CoV-2 Infection. Clin J Sport Med 2024:00042752-990000000-00211. [PMID: 38980665 DOI: 10.1097/jsm.0000000000001253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2023] [Accepted: 06/10/2024] [Indexed: 07/10/2024]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the association between vitamin D status and CV disease after COVID-19 in college athletes. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING National College Athletic Association Division-I college athletes from a single academic institution. PATIENTS A total of 157 athletes (60 female; median age: 20 years) from 9 sports with a positive SARS-CoV-2 test, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR), and vitamin D level. INDEPENDENT VARIABLES Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D level (primary); age, sex (regression models). MAIN OUTCOMES MEASURES Differences in age, sex, race, ethnicity, myocarditis, pericarditis, and CMR metrics by vitamin D status were analyzed. Regression models were used to assess the relationship between vitamin D status and CMR metrics accounting for age and sex. RESULTS Low vitamin D (LVD) was found in 33 (21.0%) of athletes, particularly Black males (P < 0.001). Athletes with LVD had higher biventricular and lower mid-ventricular extracellular volumes, but these differences were not significant when corrected for age and sex. Athletes with LVD had higher left ventricle (LV) mass (P < 0.001) and LV mass index (P = 0.001) independent of age and sex. Differences in global circumferential strain were noted but are likely clinically insignificant. Vitamin D status did not associate with myocarditis and pericarditis (P = 0.544). CONCLUSIONS LVD is common in athletes, particularly in Black males. Although athletes with LVD had higher LV mass, cardiac function and tissue characterization did not differ by vitamin D status. Future studies are needed to determine if the differences in LV mass and LV mass index by vitamin D status are clinically significant. This study suggests that vitamin D status does not impact the development of myocarditis or pericarditis after COVID-19 infection.
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- William L Hollabaugh
- Division of Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
- Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Division of Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Division of Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
- Center for Musculoskeletal Research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee; and
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- Division of Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
- Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
- Division of General Internal Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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Alissa EM. Vitamin D and cardiovascular diseases: A narrative review. J Family Med Prim Care 2024; 13:1191-1199. [PMID: 38827691 PMCID: PMC11141959 DOI: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1481_23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2023] [Revised: 12/28/2023] [Accepted: 01/02/2024] [Indexed: 06/04/2024] Open
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Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and vitamin D deficiency are becoming highly prevalent among general populations. Despite plausible biological mechanisms for the role of vitamin D in cardio-protection, a cause-and-effect relationship has not yet been established. The interest in vitamin D as a potential therapeutic target to attenuate cardiovascular risk has been raised. The question about the benefit of vitamin D supplementation for cardiovascular outcomes cannot be answered certainly for the moment. The association between hypovitaminosis D and CVD has been proven by some studies while other studies deny any such link. The present narrative review gives a comprehensive overview of studies on the potential impact of hypovitaminosis D on CVD. The potential role of vitamin D supplementation in the management of CVD is also evaluated. Particular emphasis is paid to those studies that achieve a high level of scientific evidence.
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- Eman Mokbel Alissa
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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Della Nera G, Sabatino L, Gaggini M, Gorini F, Vassalle C. Vitamin D Determinants, Status, and Antioxidant/Anti-inflammatory-Related Effects in Cardiovascular Risk and Disease: Not the Last Word in the Controversy. Antioxidants (Basel) 2023; 12:antiox12040948. [PMID: 37107323 PMCID: PMC10135791 DOI: 10.3390/antiox12040948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2023] [Revised: 04/14/2023] [Accepted: 04/15/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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Beyond its key role in calcium homeostasis, vitamin D has been found to significantly affect the cardiovascular (CV) system. In fact, low vitamin D levels have been associated with increased CV risk, as well as increased CV morbidity and mortality. The majority of effects of this molecule are related directly or indirectly to its antioxidative and anti-inflammatory properties. Generally, vitamin D insufficiency is considered for 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) levels between 21-29 ng/mL (corresponding to 52.5-72.5 nmol/L), deficiency as 25(OH)D levels less than 20 ng/mL (<50 nmol/L), and extreme deficiency as 25(OH)D less than 10 ng/mL (<25 nmol/L). However, the definition of an optimal vitamin D status, as defined by 25(OH)D, remains controversial for many extra-bone conditions, including CV disease. In this review, confounding factors affecting the 25(OH)D measurement and status will be discussed. In particular, available evidence on the mechanism and role of vitamin D in relation to CV risk and disease through its antioxidant effect will be reported, also facing the aspect regarding the debate on the minimum blood 25(OH)D level required to ensure optimal CV health.
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Luo X, Wu F, Wang C, Wen C. Analysis of hot trends in research on the association between vitamin D and cardiovascular disease. Front Nutr 2023; 9:1073698. [PMID: 36712532 PMCID: PMC9881723 DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2022.1073698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2022] [Accepted: 12/28/2022] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Objective Vitamin D deficiency is the most common nutrient deficiency. Numerous studies suggest that vitamin D is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. The objective is to visualize the research hotspots and evolution trends of the correlation between vitamin D and cardiovascular disease by using multivariate statistics and social network analysis techniques and to compare adult research with that of children in this field. Methods (Vitamin D [MeSH Major Topic]) AND (cardiovascular disease [MeSH Major Topic]) were retrieved from the PubMed database by time period. The bibliographic items co-occurrence matrix builder (BICOMB) was adopted to extract high-frequency subject terms and establish the core subject term co-occurrence matrix. With the Netdraw function of Ucinet 6.0 software, the social network of core subject terms was completed. Results Before 2010, there was a slow increase in the number of research papers covering all age groups in this field (157, 54, 84, and 211 papers were published in stages 1-4, respectively). From 2010 to 2020, there were 1,423 papers retrieved, showing a significantly increased research heat. The overall development trend of the research on the association between vitamin D and cardiovascular disease in children is similar to that in all age groups. From 2010 to 2020, 122 related papers were published (while before 2009, there were only 43 papers in all), presenting a good overall development trend. The social network analysis of core subject terms showed gradually increased correlations between research hotspots, from the early studies limited on the physiological function of vitamin D in cardiovascular diseases, to the role of vitamin D in the comorbidities of various cardiovascular diseases and its value as an intervention measure. Researches on the association between vitamin D and cardiovascular disease has a good overall development trend. Study of the mechanisms and the role of vitamin D in the common co-morbidities of cardiovascular disease and its therapeutic value will be the focus of future research.
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Zeng J, Li T, Sun B, Miao X, Wang L, Ma LC, Li N, Gong Y, He Y, Li C, Liu M. Change of vitamin D status and all-cause mortality among Chinese older adults: a population-based cohort study. BMC Geriatr 2022; 22:245. [PMID: 35331164 PMCID: PMC8944012 DOI: 10.1186/s12877-022-02956-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2022] [Accepted: 03/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The association of vitamin D with all-cause mortality remains controversial and longitudinal evidence exploring the potential effects of change in vitamin D status is limited in the oldest old (aged ≥ 80 years old). We aimed to study the relationship between vitamin D change and all-cause mortality among older Chinese adults including the oldest old. METHODS The data of Chinese Longitudinal and Health Longevity Study in 2012 and 2014 wave was used for baseline data. Mortality was assessed in the subsequent 2018 survey waves. Cox proportional hazard regression models were used to calculate hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence interval (CI) of all-cause mortality related to vitamin D change, including maintaining deficiency or no deficiency, deficiency to no deficiency, and no deficiency to deficiency, using below 50 nmol/L as definition of deficiency. RESULTS The mean age of the total 1362 participants was 84.4 ± 12.1(60-113) years. The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency was 67.5% and 68.4% in 2012 and 2014 wave respectively, and significantly differed by sex and age at baseline. Cox regression showed that participants with deficiency to no deficiency and maintaining no deficiency of vitamin D status had decreased HR for all-cause mortality, compared to the maintaining deficiency group. The HRs for mortality were 0.70(95%CI: 0.50-0.96, p = 0.028) and 0.47(95%CI: 0.33-0.68, p < 0.001) respectively in the adjusted model. Also, females and the oldest old had a greatest reduction in mortality risk. And no significant difference in mortality in the no deficiency to deficiency group. CONCLUSIONS Not only maintaining no deficiency, but also the change from deficiency to no deficiency of vitamin D status were associated with lower risk of all-cause mortality, especially in the female and oldest-old participants initially with low vitamin D level.
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- Jing Zeng
- Department of Endocrinology, the Second Medical Centre & National Clinical Research Centre for Geriatric Disease, Chinese PLA General Hospital, 28 Fuxing Road, Beijing, 100853, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, the Second Medical Centre & National Clinical Research Centre for Geriatric Disease, Chinese PLA General Hospital, 28 Fuxing Road, Beijing, 100853, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, the Second Medical Centre & National Clinical Research Centre for Geriatric Disease, Chinese PLA General Hospital, 28 Fuxing Road, Beijing, 100853, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, the Second Medical Centre & National Clinical Research Centre for Geriatric Disease, Chinese PLA General Hospital, 28 Fuxing Road, Beijing, 100853, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, the Second Medical Centre & National Clinical Research Centre for Geriatric Disease, Chinese PLA General Hospital, 28 Fuxing Road, Beijing, 100853, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, the Second Medical Centre & National Clinical Research Centre for Geriatric Disease, Chinese PLA General Hospital, 28 Fuxing Road, Beijing, 100853, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, the Second Medical Centre & National Clinical Research Centre for Geriatric Disease, Chinese PLA General Hospital, 28 Fuxing Road, Beijing, 100853, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, the Second Medical Centre & National Clinical Research Centre for Geriatric Disease, Chinese PLA General Hospital, 28 Fuxing Road, Beijing, 100853, China
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- Institute of Geriatrics, Beijing Key Laboratory of Aging and Geriatrics, State Key Laboratory of Kidney Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics Diseases, Second Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, 28 Fuxing Road, Beijing, 100853, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, the Second Medical Centre & National Clinical Research Centre for Geriatric Disease, Chinese PLA General Hospital, 28 Fuxing Road, Beijing, 100853, China.
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- Graduate School of Chinese, PLA General Hospital, 28 Fuxing Road, Beijing, 100853, China.
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Trimarco V, Manzi MV, Mancusi C, Strisciuglio T, Fucile I, Fiordelisi A, Pilato E, Izzo R, Barbato E, Lembo M, Morisco C. Insulin Resistance and Vitamin D Deficiency: A Link Beyond the Appearances. Front Cardiovasc Med 2022; 9:859793. [PMID: 35369303 PMCID: PMC8968037 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.859793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2022] [Accepted: 02/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Vitamin D is a steroid hormone that plays a key role in the regulation of body homeostasis, including cardiovascular function. Although the chronic deficiency of vitamin D is associated with cardiovascular risk factors, as well as with an adverse prognosis, randomized controlled trials have failed in demonstrating that dietary vitamin D supplementation could ameliorate the prognosis of patients with cardiovascular diseases, and suggested that vitamin D deficiency is the expression of the effects of other determinants of cardiovascular risk. Thus, the supplementation of vitamin D is not sufficient to improve the cardiovascular risk profile and prognosis. Insulin resistance is a complex phenomenon that plays a key role in the pathogenesis of conventional cardiovascular risk factors. Interestingly, defects of vitamin D and insulin resistance have a superimposable epidemiological distribution. According to the common view, Insulin resistance is considered the direct or indirect consequence of vitamin D deficiency. However, it is also reasonable to speculate that the deficit or the impaired action of vitamin D, in some circumstances, could be the result of the same pathogenic mechanisms responsible of insulin resistance development. In this case, vitamin D deficiency could be considered an epiphenomenon of insulin resistance. Insulin resistance is a reversible condition, being possibly ameliorated by physical activity and hypocaloric diets. Notably, both physical exercise and energy-restricted dietary regimens are associated with an increase of vitamin D levels. These findings indicate that improving insulin resistance condition is a necessary step to ameliorate vitamin D supplementation-based strategies in cardiovascular prevention.
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- Valentina Trimarco
- Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
- *Correspondence: Maria Lembo
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- Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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Feng Q, Kim JH, Omiyale W, Bešević J, Conroy M, May M, Yang Z, Wong SYS, Tsoi KKF, Allen N, Lacey B. Raw and Cooked Vegetable Consumption and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: A Study of 400,000 Adults in UK Biobank. Front Nutr 2022; 9:831470. [PMID: 35265657 PMCID: PMC8901125 DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2022.831470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2021] [Accepted: 01/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Objectives Higher levels of vegetable consumption have been associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), but the independent effect of raw and cooked vegetable consumption remains unclear. Methods From the UK Biobank cohort, 399,586 participants without prior CVD were included in the analysis. Raw and cooked vegetable intakes were measured with a validated dietary questionnaire at baseline. Multivariable Cox regression was used to estimate the associations between vegetable intake and CVD incidence and mortality, adjusted for socioeconomic status, health status, and lifestyle factors. The potential effect of residual confounding was assessed by calculating the percentage reduction in the likelihood ratio (LR) statistics after adjustment for the confounders. Results The mean age was 56 years and 55% were women. Mean intakes of raw and cooked vegetables were 2.3 and 2.8 tablespoons/day, respectively. During 12 years of follow-up, 18,052 major CVD events and 4,406 CVD deaths occurred. Raw vegetable intake was inversely associated with both CVD incidence (adjusted hazard ratio (HR) [95% CI] for the highest vs. lowest intake: 0.89 [0.83–0.95]) and CVD mortality (0.85 [0.74–0.97]), while cooked vegetable intake was not (1.00 [0.91–1.09] and 0.96 [0.80–1.13], respectively). Adjustment for potential confounders reduced the LR statistics for the associations of raw vegetables with CVD incidence and mortality by 82 and 87%, respectively. Conclusions Higher intakes of raw, but not cooked, vegetables were associated with lower CVD risk. Residual confounding is likely to account for much, if not all, of the observed associations. This study suggests the need to reappraise the evidence on the burden of CVD disease attributable to low vegetable intake in the high-income populations.
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- Qi Feng
- Nuffield Department of Population Health (NDPH), University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
- *Correspondence: Qi Feng
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- JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Nuffield Department of Population Health (NDPH), University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Nuffield Department of Population Health (NDPH), University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Nuffield Department of Population Health (NDPH), University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
- SH Big Data Decision Analytics Research Centre, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Nuffield Department of Population Health (NDPH), University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Nuffield Department of Population Health (NDPH), University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Vitamin D Deficiency Is Inversely Associated with Homeostatic Model Assessment of Insulin Resistance. Nutrients 2021; 13:nu13124358. [PMID: 34959910 PMCID: PMC8705502 DOI: 10.3390/nu13124358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2021] [Revised: 11/24/2021] [Accepted: 11/25/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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The study was conducted to comprehensively assess the association of the concentration of vitamin D in the blood and insulin resistance in non-diabetic subjects. The objective was to pool the results from all observational studies from the beginning of 1980 to August 2021. PubMed, Medline and Embase were systematically searched for the observational studies. Filters were used for more focused results. A total of 2248 articles were found after raw search which were narrowed down to 32 articles by the systematic selection of related articles. Homeostatic Model Assessment of Insulin Resistance (HOMAIR) was used as the measure of insulin resistance and correlation coefficient was used as a measure of the relationship between vitamin D levels and the insulin resistance. Risk of bias tables and summary plots were built using Revman software version 5.3 while Comprehensive meta-analysis version 3 was used for the construction of forest plot. The results showed an inverse association between the status of vitamin D and insulin resistance (r = -0.217; 95% CI = -0.161 to -0.272; p = 0.000). A supplement of vitamin D can help reduce the risk of insulin resistance; however further studies, like randomized controlled trials are needed to confirm the results.
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Liu D, Meng X, Tian Q, Cao W, Fan X, Wu L, Song M, Meng Q, Wang W, Wang Y. Vitamin D and Multiple Health Outcomes: An Umbrella Review of Observational Studies, Randomized Controlled Trials, and Mendelian Randomization Studies. Adv Nutr 2021; 13:1044-1062. [PMID: 34999745 PMCID: PMC9340982 DOI: 10.1093/advances/nmab142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2020] [Revised: 12/29/2020] [Accepted: 11/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Observational studies, randomized controlled trials (RCTs), and Mendelian randomization (MR) studies have yielded inconsistent results on the associations of vitamin D concentrations with multiple health outcomes. In the present umbrella review we aimed to evaluate the effects of low vitamin D concentrations and vitamin D supplementation on multiple health outcomes. We summarized current evidence obtained from meta-analyses of observational studies that examined associations between vitamin D concentrations and multiple health outcomes, meta-analyses of RCTs that investigated the effect of vitamin D supplementation on multiple health outcomes, and MR studies that explored the causal associations of vitamin D concentrations with various diseases (international prospective register of systematic reviews PROSPERO registration number CRD42018091434). A total of 296 meta-analyses of observational studies comprising 111 unique outcomes, 139 meta-analyses of RCTs comprising 46 unique outcomes, and 73 MR studies comprising 43 unique outcomes were included in the present umbrella review. Twenty-eight disease outcomes were identified by both meta-analyses of observational studies and MR studies. Seventeen of these reported disease outcomes had consistent results, demonstrating that lower concentrations of vitamin D were associated with a higher risk for all-cause mortality, Alzheimer's disease, hypertension, schizophrenia, and type 2 diabetes. The combinations of consistent evidence obtained by meta-analyses of observational studies and MR studies together with meta-analyses of RCTs showed that vitamin D supplementation was associated with a decreased risk for all-cause mortality but not associated with the risk for Alzheimer's disease, hypertension, schizophrenia, or type 2 diabetes. The results indicated that vitamin D supplementation is a promising strategy with long-term preventive effects on multiple chronic diseases and thus has the potential to decrease all-cause mortality. However, the current vitamin D supplementation strategy might not be an efficient intervention approach for these diseases, suggesting that new strategies are highly needed to improve the intervention outcomes.
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- Di Liu
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China,Centre for Biomedical Information Technology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Centre for Precision Health, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China,Centre for Precision Health, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA, Australia,School of Public Health, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Science, Tai'an, Shandong, China
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Rafiq S, Jeppesen PB. Insulin Resistance Is Inversely Associated with the Status of Vitamin D in Both Diabetic and Non-Diabetic Populations. Nutrients 2021; 13:1742. [PMID: 34063822 PMCID: PMC8224049 DOI: 10.3390/nu13061742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2021] [Revised: 05/11/2021] [Accepted: 05/17/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Vitamin D has been implicated in the regulation of glucose metabolism and insulin resistance. We designed this study to provide evidence that insulin resistance is dependent on the concentration of vitamin D in the body. Forty observational studies of both type 2 diabetes mellitus patients and healthy subjects were included in this meta-analysis. Related articles were searched from Embase, PubMed, and Medline through January 2021. Filters for search were used to obtain more focused results. We used Comprehensive Meta-Analysis Version 3 for the construction of forest plots. RevMan software version 5.3 was used to build the risk of bias tables and summary plots. The observational studies included in this systematic review and meta-analysis showed an inverse relationship of insulin resistance with the status of vitamin D both in non-diabetic (r = -0.188; 95% CI = -0.141 to -0.234; p = 0.000) and diabetic (r = -0.255; 95% CI = -0.392 to -0.107, p = 0.001) populations. From the meta-analysis we concluded that hypovitaminosis D is related to increased levels of insulin resistance in both type 2 diabetes patients and the healthy population all over the world.
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- Shamaila Rafiq
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus N, 8200 Aarhus, Denmark;
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Farrell SW, Leonard D, Barlow CE, Willis BL, Pavlovic A, Defina LF, Haskell WL. Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Serum Vitamin D, and Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in Men. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2021; 53:68-73. [PMID: 32694363 DOI: 10.1249/mss.0000000000002445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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PURPOSE Low cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), vitamin D deficiency, and metabolic syndrome (MetSyn) are prevalent among U.S. adults. Joint associations among these variables are not well described. METHODS Between 2006 and 2018, 14,353 apparently healthy men completed a comprehensive health examination, including CRF based on a maximal treadmill test, components of MetSyn, and serum vitamin D levels [25(OH)D]. Participants were classified into groups of low (category 1), moderate (categories 2-3), and high (categories 4-5) CRF by age-group, as well as by clinical cut points for MetSyn and 25(OH)D. We calculated odds ratios (OR) of MetSyn across levels of CRF and 25(OH)D and also examined joint associations among these three variables. RESULTS Mean 25(OH)D levels were 30.9 ± 11.6 and 26.3 ± 10.7 ng·mL in men without and with MetSyn, respectively (P < 0.001). The prevalence of MetSyn was inversely associated with ordered categories of CRF and 25(OH)D (Ptrend < 0.001 for both). Men with normal 25(OH)D had significantly lower odds of MetSyn than men who were vitamin D deficient (OR = 0.29, 95% confidence interval = 0.26-0.33). Men with moderate (OR = 0.31, 0.27-0.35) or high CRF (OR = 0.08, 0.07-0.09) had significantly lower odds of MetSyn than men with low CRF. Joint associations between CRF, 25(OH)D, and MetSyn revealed significantly greater prevalence of MetSyn in unfit men compared with fit men within each category of 25(OH)D (P < 0.001). Each 5 ng·mL increment of 25(OH)D and 1 MET increment of CRF was associated with a 16.0% and 31.3% lower prevalence of MetSyn, respectively. CONCLUSION There are strong individual and joint associations between CRF, 25(OH)D, and MetSyn. Prospective studies are needed to evaluate these joint associations with regard to mortality outcomes.
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Čečrle M, Černý D, Sedláčková E, Míková B, Dudková V, Drncová E, Pokusová M, Skalský I, Tamášová J, Halačová M. Vitamin D for prevention of sternotomy healing complications: REINFORCE-D trial. Trials 2020; 21:1018. [PMID: 33308291 PMCID: PMC7731517 DOI: 10.1186/s13063-020-04920-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2020] [Accepted: 11/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Background Most cardiac surgery patients undergo median sternotomy during open heart surgery. Sternotomy healing is an arduous, very complex, and multifactorial process dependent on many independent factors affecting the sternum and the surrounding soft tissues. Complication rates for median sternotomy range from 0.5 to 5%; however, mortality rates from complications are very variable at 7–80%. Low calcidiol concentration below 80 nmol/L results in calcium absorptive impairment and carries a risk of bone loss, which is considered as a risk factor in the sternotomy healing process. The primary objective of this clinical trial is to compare the incidence of all postoperative sternotomy healing complications in two parallel patient groups administered cholecalciferol or placebo. The secondary objectives are focused on general patient recovery process: sternal bone healing grade at the end of the trial, length of hospitalization, number of days spent in the ICU, number of days spent on mechanical lung ventilation, and number of hospital readmissions for sternotomy complications. Methods This clinical trial is conducted as monocentric, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, with planned enrollment of 600 patients over 4 years, approximately 300 in the placebo arm and 300 in the treatment arm. Males and females from 18 to 95 years of age who fulfill the indication criteria for undergoing cardiac surgery with median sternotomy can be included in this clinical trial, if they meet the eligibility criteria. Discussion REINFORCE-D is the first monocentric trial dividing patients into groups based on serum calcidiol levels, and with dosing based on serum calcidiol levels. This trial may help to open up a wider range of postoperative healing issues. Trial registration EU Clinical Trials Register, EUDRA CT No: 2016-002606-39. Registered on September 8, 2016.
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- Michal Čečrle
- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Na Homolce Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic.,Institute of Pharmacology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Na Homolce Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic. .,Institute of Pharmacology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Na Homolce Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Radiology, Na Homolce Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Hematology and Immunology, Na Homolce Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Hematology and Immunology, Na Homolce Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Na Homolce Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Medical Physics, Na Homolce Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Na Homolce Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic.,Department of Pharmacology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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Bilezikian JP, Bikle D, Hewison M, Lazaretti-Castro M, Formenti AM, Gupta A, Madhavan MV, Nair N, Babalyan V, Hutchings N, Napoli N, Accili D, Binkley N, Landry DW, Giustina A. MECHANISMS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY: Vitamin D and COVID-19. Eur J Endocrinol 2020; 183:R133-R147. [PMID: 32755992 PMCID: PMC9494342 DOI: 10.1530/eje-20-0665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 229] [Impact Index Per Article: 57.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2020] [Revised: 07/27/2020] [Accepted: 08/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The SARS-CoV-2 virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic has generated an explosion of interest both in the mechanisms of infection leading to dissemination and expression of this disease, and in potential risk factors that may have a mechanistic basis for disease propagation or control. Vitamin D has emerged as a factor that may be involved in these two areas. The focus of this article is to apply our current understanding of vitamin D as a facilitator of immunocompetence both with regard to innate and adaptive immunity and to consider how this may relate to COVID-19 disease. There are also intriguing potential links to vitamin D as a factor in the cytokine storm that portends some of the most serious consequences of SARS-CoV-2 infection, such as the acute respiratory distress syndrome. Moreover, cardiac and coagulopathic features of COVID-19 disease deserve attention as they may also be related to vitamin D. Finally, we review the current clinical data associating vitamin D with SARS-CoV-2 infection, a putative clinical link that at this time must still be considered hypothetical.
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- John P Bilezikian
- Endocrinology Division, Department of Medicine, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Endocrine Unit, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Division of Endocrinology, Escola Paulista de Medicina – Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo (EPM-UNIFESP), Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Institute of Endocrine and Metabolic Sciences, San Raffaele, Vita-Salute University and IRCCS Hospital, Milano, Italy
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
- Clinical Trials Center, Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York, USA
- Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
- Clinical Trials Center, Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York, USA
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- Endocrinology Division, Department of Medicine, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Unit of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Rome, Italy
- Division of Bone and Mineral Diseases, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Endocrinology Division, Department of Medicine, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Institute of Endocrine and Metabolic Sciences, San Raffaele, Vita-Salute University and IRCCS Hospital, Milano, Italy
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Fan X, Wang J, Song M, Giovannucci EL, Ma H, Jin G, Hu Z, Shen H, Hang D. Vitamin D Status and Risk of All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality in a Large Cohort: Results From the UK Biobank. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2020; 105:5867168. [PMID: 32620963 DOI: 10.1210/clinem/dgaa432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2020] [Accepted: 06/29/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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CONTEXT Although an inverse association between vitamin D status and mortality has been reported in observational studies, the precise association shape and optimal vitamin D status remain undetermined. OBJECTIVE To investigate the association between vitamin D status and risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality and estimate optimal serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] concentrations. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING UK Biobank. PARTICIPANTS 365 530 participants who had serum 25(OH)D measurements and no history of cardiovascular disease (CVD), cancer, or diabetes at baseline (2006-2010). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES All-cause and cause-specific mortality. RESULTS During a median follow-up of 8.9 (interquartile range: 8.3-9.5) years, 10 175 deaths occurred, including 1841 (18.1%) due to CVD and 5737 (56.4%) due to cancer. The multivariate analyses revealed nonlinear inverse associations, with a decrease in mortality risk appearing to level off at 60 nmol/L of 25(OH)D for all-cause and CVD deaths and at 45 nmol/L for cancer deaths. Compared to participants with 25(OH)D concentrations below the cutoffs, those with higher concentrations had a 17% lower risk for all-cause mortality (hazard ratio [HR]: 0.83, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.79-0.86), 23% lower risk for CVD mortality (HR: 0.77, 95% CI: 0.68-0.86), and 11% lower risk for cancer mortality (HR: 0.89, 95% CI: 0.84-0.95). CONCLUSIONS Higher 25(OH)D concentrations are nonlinearly associated with lower risk of all-cause, CVD, and cancer mortality. The thresholds of 45 to 60 nmol/L might represent an intervention target to reduce the overall risk of premature death, which needs further confirmation in large clinical trials.
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- Xikang Fan
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, International Joint Research Center on Environment and Human Health, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, International Joint Research Center on Environment and Human Health, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Nutrition, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, US
- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, US
- Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit and Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, US
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- Department of Nutrition, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, US
- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, US
- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, US
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, International Joint Research Center on Environment and Human Health, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Center for Global Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
- Jiangsu Key Lab of Cancer Biomarkers, Prevention and Treatment, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, International Joint Research Center on Environment and Human Health, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Center for Global Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
- Jiangsu Key Lab of Cancer Biomarkers, Prevention and Treatment, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, International Joint Research Center on Environment and Human Health, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Center for Global Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
- Jiangsu Key Lab of Cancer Biomarkers, Prevention and Treatment, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, International Joint Research Center on Environment and Human Health, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
- Jiangsu Key Lab of Cancer Biomarkers, Prevention and Treatment, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, International Joint Research Center on Environment and Human Health, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
- Jiangsu Key Lab of Cancer Biomarkers, Prevention and Treatment, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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Saponaro F, Saba A, Zucchi R. An Update on Vitamin D Metabolism. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21186573. [PMID: 32911795 PMCID: PMC7554947 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21186573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2020] [Revised: 08/22/2020] [Accepted: 09/01/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Vitamin D is a steroid hormone classically involved in the calcium metabolism and bone homeostasis. Recently, new and interesting aspects of vitamin D metabolism has been elucidated, namely the special role of the skin, the metabolic control of liver hydroxylase CYP2R1, the specificity of 1α-hydroxylase in different tissues and cell types and the genomic, non-genomic and epigenomic effects of vitamin D receptor, which will be addressed in the present review. Moreover, in the last decades, several extraskeletal effects which can be attributed to vitamin D have been shown. These beneficial effects will be here summarized, focusing on the immune system and cardiovascular system.
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Heath AK, Hodge AM, Ebeling PR, Kvaskoff D, Eyles DW, Giles GG, English DR, Williamson EJ. Circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration and cause-specific mortality in the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2020; 198:105612. [PMID: 32007563 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2020.105612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2019] [Revised: 01/02/2020] [Accepted: 01/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Vitamin D deficiency is associated with higher all-cause mortality, but associations with specific causes of death are unclear. We investigated the association between circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) concentration and cause-specific mortality using a case-cohort study within the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study (MCCS). Eligibility for the case-cohort study was restricted to participants with baseline dried blood spot samples and no pre-baseline diagnosis of cancer. These analyses included participants who died (n = 2307) during a mean follow-up of 14 years and a sex-stratified random sample of eligible cohort participants ('subcohort', n = 2923). Concentration of 25(OH)D was measured using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Cox regression, with Barlow weights and robust standard errors to account for the case-cohort design, was used to estimate hazard ratios (HRs) and 95 % confidence intervals (CIs) for cause-specific mortality in relation to 25(OH)D concentration with adjustment for confounders. Circulating 25(OH)D concentration was inversely associated with risk of death due to cancer (HR per 25 nmol/L increment = 0.88, 95 % CI 0.78-0.99), particularly colorectal cancer (HR = 0.75, 95 % CI 0.57-0.99). Higher 25(OH)D concentrations were also associated with a lower risk of death due to diseases of the respiratory system (HR = 0.62, 95 % CI 0.43-0.88), particularly chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (HR = 0.53, 95 % CI 0.30-0.94), and diseases of the digestive system (HR = 0.44, 95 % CI 0.26-0.76). Estimates for diabetes mortality (HR = 0.64, 95 % CI 0.33-1.26) and cardiovascular disease mortality (HR = 0.90, 95 % CI 0.76-1.07) lacked precision. The findings suggest that vitamin D might be important for preventing death due to some cancers, respiratory diseases, and digestive diseases.
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- Alicia K Heath
- School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK; Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Cancer Epidemiology Division, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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- Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
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- Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia
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- Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia; Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, the Park Centre for Mental Health, Wacol, Queensland, Australia.
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- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Cancer Epidemiology Division, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Precision Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
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- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Cancer Epidemiology Division, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of Medical Statistics, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
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Chen NC, Hsu CY, Mao PCM, Dreyer G, Wu FZ, Chen CL. The effects of correction of vitamin D deficiency on arterial stiffness: A systematic review and updated meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2020; 198:105561. [PMID: 31809869 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2019.105561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2019] [Revised: 10/23/2019] [Accepted: 12/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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It is unclear whether nutritional vitamin D supplementation in vitamin d-deficient persons improves arterial stiffness. To conduct a meta-analysis of the effects of the nutritional vitamin D therapy on arterial stiffness in adults with vitamin D deficiency, the Scopus, PUBMED, EMBASE, and Cochrane databases were searched for systematic reviews conducted up to October 5, 2018. Randomized clinical trials that compared nutritional vitamin D therapy with placebo in adults with vitamin D deficiency were eligible. Two reviewers independently evaluated eligibility of all retrieved studies based on titles and abstracts. Meta-analysis was performed using random effect or fixed effects model and inverse variance method was used to calculate the effect using standardized mean difference (SMD) and weighted mean difference. A leave-one-out method was used for sensitivity analysis. The main outcome was arterial stiffness, indicated by the carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (PWV). We identified 237 records, of which 9 satisfied the inclusion criteria of the study. Our meta-analysis included relatively high-quality placebo-controlled randomized trials. In a random-effects model, nutritional vitamin D was associated with significant reductions in the pooled difference of PWV [(SMD: -0.29; 95 % CI: -0.51 to -0.06), p = 0.01; Cochran's Q test: chi2 = 21.85; df = 9; p = 0.009; I2 = 59 %; n = 909 from 9 studies]. All sensitivity analyses yielded similar results. Nutritional vitamin D supplementation significantly improved arterial stiffness (PWV) in several subgroups by correcting vitamin D deficiency, for a study duration of ≥4 months and a daily dose of vitamin D3 ≥ 2000 IU. The study indicated that the correction of vitamin D deficiency by nutritional vitamin D supplementation may improve arterial stiffness in vitamin d-deficient persons, especially by the correction of vitamin D deficiency with a daily dose of vitamin D3 ≥ 2000 IU. However, further studies are required to confirm this.
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- Nai-Ching Chen
- Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Division of Nephrology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Department of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
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- Department of Translational Medicine and Therapeutics, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Radiology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan; Department of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Nephrology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Department of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Levy MA, McKinnon T, Goldfine H, Enomoto A, Schneider E, Cuomo J. Consumption of a multivitamin/multimineral supplement for 4 weeks improves nutritional status and markers of cardiovascular health. J Funct Foods 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jff.2019.103511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/09/2022] Open
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Saponaro F, Marcocci C, Zucchi R. Vitamin D status and cardiovascular outcome. J Endocrinol Invest 2019; 42:1285-1290. [PMID: 31172459 DOI: 10.1007/s40618-019-01057-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2019] [Accepted: 05/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Vitamin D is classically involved in maintaining bone and mineral health, but it has been shown to exert many extraskeletal functions, including pleiotropic effects on cardiovascular system. MATERIALS AND METHOD This review aims to summarize evidences in literature about vitamin D and cardiovascular outcome. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS Calcitriol or 1,25(OH)2D, the active hormone, binds to the specific nuclear receptor VDR, which is expressed in rat and human heart and vasculature and has effects on myocardiocytes, smooth cells, and endothelial cells. 25-Hydroxy-vitamin D (25OHD) represents the biomarker of vitamin D levels and reflects vitamin D status. There is consistent evidence that low serum 25OHD levels are associated with increased risk of cardiovascular diseases, including hypertension, coronary artery disease, ischemic heart disease, heart failure, stroke, and type 2 diabetes. Randomized-controlled trials and Mendelian randomization studies so far have not succeeded in proving a benefit of vitamin D supplementation. However, the latter investigations are affected by some methodological limitations, and therefore, it is still unclear if vitamin D deficiency has a causative role in cardiovascular diseases or is rather a marker of poor health in chronic disease.
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- F Saponaro
- Department of Pathology, University of Pisa, Via Roma 55, Biochemistry Unit, 56126, Pisa, Italy.
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Pathology, University of Pisa, Via Roma 55, Biochemistry Unit, 56126, Pisa, Italy
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Vitamin D is necessary for bone health but may also have many extra-skeletal effects. The vitamin D endocrine system has major effects on gene and protein expression in many cells and tissues related to the cardiovascular system. In addition, many preclinical studies in animals with vitamin D deficiency or genetically silenced expression of the vitamin D receptor or vitamin D metabolizing enzymes suggest that the absence of vitamin D action may result in cardiovascular events. This includes dysfunctions of endothelial cells, thereby accelerating the process of atherosclerosis, hypertension or abnormal coagulation, ultimately resulting in higher risks for all major cardiovascular or cerebrovascular events. A wealth of observational studies in different parts of the world have fairly consistently found a strong association between a poor vitamin D status and surrogate markers or hard cardiovascular events. A few Mendelian randomization studies did, however, not find a link between genetically lower serum 25OHD concentrations and cardiovascular events. Finally, many RCTs could not demonstrate a consistent effect on surrogate markers, and a limited number of RCTs did so far not find whatever effect on hard cardiovascular endpoints such as myocardial ischemia or infarction, stroke, or cardiovascular death. In conclusion, preclinical data generated a plausible hypothesis of a link between vitamin D status and extra-skeletal events, including cardiovascular endpoints. Whether the vitamin D endocrine system is redundant for the human vascular system or whether the RCTs have not been optimally designed to answer the research question is thus not yet settled.
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- R Bouillon
- Clinical & Experimental Endocrinology, Department Chronic Diseases, Metabolism and Ageing, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49 ON1 box 902, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
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Kouvari M, Panagiotakos DB. Vitamin D status, gender and cardiovascular diseases: a systematic review of prospective epidemiological studies. Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther 2019; 17:545-555. [DOI: 10.1080/14779072.2019.1637255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- Matina Kouvari
- Department of Nutrition-Dietetics, School of Health Science and Education, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Nutrition-Dietetics, School of Health Science and Education, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece
- Faculty of Health, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia
- School of Allied Health, College of Science, Health and Engineering, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
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Heath AK, Kim IY, Hodge AM, English DR, Muller DC. Vitamin D Status and Mortality: A Systematic Review of Observational Studies. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2019; 16:ijerph16030383. [PMID: 30700025 PMCID: PMC6388383 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16030383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2018] [Revised: 01/22/2019] [Accepted: 01/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Epidemiological evidence suggests that vitamin D deficiency is associated with increased mortality, but it is unclear whether this is explained by reverse causation, and if there are specific causes of death for which vitamin D might be important. We conducted a systematic review of observational studies investigating associations between circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) concentration and all-cause or cause-specific mortality in generally healthy populations. Relevant studies were identified using PubMed and EMBASE searches. After screening 722 unique records and removing those that were ineligible, 84 articles were included in this review. The vast majority of studies reported inverse associations between 25(OH)D concentration and all-cause mortality. This association appeared to be non-linear, with progressively lower mortality with increasing 25(OH)D up to a point, beyond which there was no further decrease. There is moderate evidence that vitamin D status is inversely associated with cancer mortality and death due to respiratory diseases, while for cardiovascular mortality, there is weak evidence of an association in observational studies, which is not supported by the data from intervention or Mendelian randomization studies. The relationship between vitamin D status and other causes of death remains uncertain due to limited data. Larger long-term studies are required to clarify these associations.
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- Alicia K Heath
- School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London W2 1PG, UK.
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- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
- Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LF, UK.
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- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia.
- Cancer Epidemiology & Intelligence Division, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia.
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- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia.
- Cancer Epidemiology & Intelligence Division, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia.
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- School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London W2 1PG, UK.
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Variability in genes regulating vitamin D metabolism is associated with vitamin D levels in type 2 diabetes. Oncotarget 2018; 9:34911-34918. [PMID: 30405883 PMCID: PMC6201852 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.26178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2018] [Accepted: 09/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Mortality rate is increased in type 2 diabetes (T2D). Low vitamin D levels are associated with increased mortality risk in T2D. In the general population, genetic variants affecting vitamin D metabolism (DHCR7 rs12785878, CYP2R1 rs10741657, GC rs4588) have been associated with serum vitamin D. We studied the association of these variants with serum vitamin D in 2163 patients with T2D from the “Sapienza University Mortality and Morbidity Event Rate (SUMMER) study in diabetes”. Measurements of serum vitamin D were centralised. Genotypes were obtained by Eco™ Real-Time PCR. Data were adjusted for gender, age, BMI, HbA1c, T2D therapy and sampling season. DHCR7 rs12785878 (p = 1 x 10–4) and GC rs4588 (p = 1 x 10–6) but not CYP2R1 rs10741657 (p = 0.31) were significantly associated with vitamin D levels. One unit of a weighted genotype risk score (GRS) was strongly associated with vitamin D levels (p = 1.1 x 10–11) and insufficiency (<30 ng/ml) (OR, 95%CI = 1.28, 1.16–1.41, p = 1.1 x 10–7). In conclusion, DHCR7 rs12785878 and GC rs4588, but not CYP2R1 rs10741657, are significantly associated with vitamin D levels. When the 3 variants were considered together as GRS, a strong association with vitamin D levels and vitamin D insufficiency was observed, thus providing robust evidence that genes involved in vitamin D metabolism modulate serum vitamin D in T2D.
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Gao X, Zhang Y, Schöttker B, Brenner H. Vitamin D status and epigenetic-based mortality risk score: strong independent and joint prediction of all-cause mortality in a population-based cohort study. Clin Epigenetics 2018; 10:84. [PMID: 29977410 PMCID: PMC6011585 DOI: 10.1186/s13148-018-0515-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2018] [Accepted: 06/07/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Background Vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency have been established to be strongly associated with increased overall mortality and deaths from specific aging-related diseases. Recently, an epigenetic “mortality risk score” (MS) based on whole blood DNA methylation at the 10 most prominent mortality-related cytosine-phosphate-guanine (CpG) sites has also been found to be highly related to all-cause mortality. This study aimed to explore whether vitamin D status, defined by serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] concentrations, is associated with the MS and to what extent both indicators are individually and jointly capable of predicting all-cause mortality in a general population sample of older adults. Results The MS was derived from the blood DNA methylation profiles measured by Illumina Human Methylation 450K Beadchip, and serum 25(OH)D concentration was measured among 1467 participants aged 50–75 of the German ESTHER cohort study. There was no association between vitamin D status and the MS at baseline, but both metrics were prominently and independently associated with all-cause mortality during a median follow-up of 15.2 years. The combination of both indicators showed the potential to be a particularly strong prognostic index for all-cause mortality. Participants with vitamin D deficiency (< 30 nmol/L) and high MS (> 5 CpG sites with aberrant methylation) had almost sixfold mortality (hazard ratio 5.79, 95% CI 3.06–10.94) compared with participants with sufficient vitamin D (≥ 50 nmol/L) and a low MS (0–1 CpG site with aberrant methylation). Conclusions This study suggests that vitamin D and the MS are strong independent predictors of all-cause mortality in older adults. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s13148-018-0515-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Xu Gao
- 1Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 581, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.,5Current Address: Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY USA
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- 1Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 581, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- 1Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 581, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.,2Network Aging Research, University of Heidelberg, Bergheimer Straße 20, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany
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- 1Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 581, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.,2Network Aging Research, University of Heidelberg, Bergheimer Straße 20, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany.,3Division of Preventive Oncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Im Neuenheimer Feld 460, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.,4German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Wang J, Zhou JJ, Robertson GR, Lee VW. Vitamin D in Vascular Calcification: A Double-Edged Sword? Nutrients 2018; 10:nu10050652. [PMID: 29786640 PMCID: PMC5986531 DOI: 10.3390/nu10050652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2018] [Revised: 05/15/2018] [Accepted: 05/17/2018] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Vascular calcification (VC) as a manifestation of perturbed mineral balance, is associated with aging, diabetes and kidney dysfunction, as well as poorer patient outcomes. Due to the current limited understanding of the pathophysiology of vascular calcification, the development of effective preventative and therapeutic strategies remains a significant clinical challenge. Recent evidence suggests that traditional risk factors for cardiovascular disease, such as left ventricular hypertrophy and dyslipidaemia, fail to account for clinical observations of vascular calcification. Therefore, more complex underlying processes involving physiochemical changes to mineral balance, vascular remodelling and perturbed hormonal responses such as parathyroid hormone (PTH) and fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF-23) are likely to contribute to VC. In particular, VC resulting from modifications to calcium, phosphate and vitamin D homeostasis has been recently elucidated. Notably, deregulation of vitamin D metabolism, dietary calcium intake and renal mineral handling are associated with imbalances in systemic calcium and phosphate levels and endothelial cell dysfunction, which can modulate both bone and soft tissue calcification. This review addresses the current understanding of VC pathophysiology, with a focus on the pathogenic role of vitamin D that has provided new insights into the mechanisms of VC.
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- Jeffrey Wang
- Centre for Transplantation and Renal Research, Westmead Institute of Medical Research, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia.
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- Centre for Transplantation and Renal Research, Westmead Institute of Medical Research, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia.
- Centre for Kidney Research, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia.
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- Centre for Transplantation and Renal Research, Westmead Institute of Medical Research, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia.
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Campos-Obando N, Lahousse L, Brusselle G, Stricker BH, Hofman A, Franco OH, Uitterlinden AG, Zillikens MC. Serum phosphate levels are related to all-cause, cardiovascular and COPD mortality in men. Eur J Epidemiol 2018; 33:859-871. [PMID: 29766437 PMCID: PMC6133003 DOI: 10.1007/s10654-018-0407-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2017] [Accepted: 05/04/2018] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Hyperphosphatemia has been associated with increased mortality in chronic kidney disease but the nature of such a relation in the general population is unclear. To investigate the association between phosphate (P) levels and all-cause and cause-specific mortality, we assessed two cohorts from the Rotterdam Study, with follow-up of 14.5 (RS-I) and 10.9 (RS-II) years until January 2012 with availability of fasting phosphate levels. Deaths were classified according to International Classification of Diseases into 7 groups: cardiovascular, cancer, infections, external, dementia, chronic lung diseases and other causes. Sex-stratified Weibull and competing-risks models were adjusted for age, BMI and smoking. Hazard ratios are expressed per 1 mg/dL increase in phosphate levels. The total number of participants included 3731 (RS-I, 2154 women) and 2494 (RS-II, 1361 women) subjects. The main outcome measures were all-cause and cause-specific mortality. A significant positive association was found between phosphate and all-cause mortality in men (pooled HR (95% CI): 1.46 (1.26–1.69)) but not in women (0.90 (0.77–1.05)). In men, higher phosphate increased the risk for cardiovascular mortality (1.66 (1.29–2.14)), other causes (1.67 (1.16–2.40)) and chronic lung disease mortality (1.94 (1.02–3.72)), the latter driven by mortality due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (4.44 (2.08–9.49)). No relations were found for mortality due to infections, cancer, dementia or external causes. In conclusion, serum P is associated with increased all-cause, cardiovascular and COPD mortality in men but not women. The association with COPD mortality is novel and needs further research on underlying mechanisms.
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- Natalia Campos-Obando
- Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, 9000, Ghent, Belgium.,Department of Respiratory Medicine, Erasmus MC, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. .,Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Bonjour JP, Dontot-Payen F, Rouy E, Walrand S, Rousseau B. Evolution of Serum 25OHD in Response to Vitamin D 3-Fortified Yogurts Consumed by Healthy Menopausal Women: A 6-Month Randomized Controlled Trial Assessing the Interactions between Doses, Baseline Vitamin D Status, and Seasonality. J Am Coll Nutr 2018; 37:34-43. [PMID: 28976265 PMCID: PMC5817641 DOI: 10.1080/07315724.2017.1355761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2017] [Accepted: 07/12/2017] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Adequate vitamin D status contributes to bone fragility risk reduction and possibly other pathological conditions that occur with aging. In response to pharmaceutical vitamin D3 supplements, several studies have documented the influence of doses, baseline status, and seasonality on serum 25-hydroyvitamin D (s25OHD). OBJECTIVE Using fortified yogurt, we investigated in one randomized controlled trial how both baseline status, as assessed by measuring s25OHD prior the onset of the trial, and the season of enrollment quantitatively influenced the response to the supplemented (Suppl.) of vitamin D3 (VitD3) in healthy community-dwelling women. METHODS A 24-week controlled trial was conducted in menopausal women (mean age: 61.5). Participants were randomized into 3 groups (Gr): Gr.Suppl.0, time controls maintaining dietary habits; Gr.Suppl.5 and Gr.Suppl.10 consuming one and two 125-g servings of VitD3-fortified yogurts with 5- and 10-µg daily doses, respectively. The 16 intervention weeks lasted from early January to mid-August, the 8 follow-up weeks, without product, from late August to mid-October. Before enrollment, subjects were randomized into 2 s25OHD strata: low stratum (LoStr): 25-50 nmol/L; high stratum (HiStr): >50-75 nmol/L. RESULTS All enrolled participants adhered to the protocol throughout the 24-week study: Gr.Suppl.0 (n = 45), Gr.Suppl.5 (n = 44), and Gr.Suppl.10 (n = 44). Over the 16 intervention and 8 follow-up weeks, s25OHD increased in both supplemented groups, more in Gr.Suppl.10 than in Gr.Suppl.5. At the end of the intervention, the subject proportion with s25OHD ≥ 50 nmol/L was 37.8, 54.5, and 63.6% in Gr.Suppl.0, Gr.Suppl.5, and Gr.Suppl.10, respectively. The constant rate of s25OHD per supplemental VitD3 microgram was greater in LoStr than HiStr. The s25OHD increase was greater with late (mid-March) than early (mid-January) inclusion. CONCLUSION This randomized trial demonstrates (1) a dose-dependent s25OHD improvement related to fortified yogurt consumption; (2) an inversely baseline-dependent increase in s25OHD; and (3) a seasonal effect that highlights the importance of VitD3-fortified foods during winter, even at 5 µg/d, in healthy menopausal women.
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- Jean-Philippe Bonjour
- Division of Bone Diseases, University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Groupe de Recherche Nutritionnelle, Yoplait, Boulogne, France
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Clifopoulos C. Vitamin D: An overview. Mediterr J Rheumatol 2017; 28:206-209. [PMID: 32185284 PMCID: PMC7046002 DOI: 10.31138/mjr.28.4.206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2017] [Revised: 10/29/2017] [Accepted: 11/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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The role of Vitamin D is examined in skin with regards to synthesis and neoplasia. Despite its evolving role in bone health undefined benefits with regards to other disease such as neoplasia and skin cancer are under scrutiny. A brief overview is presented with formalised advice to patients regarding skin cancer, and Vitamin D requirements in the clinical setting. Given that weather conditions in Australia and the Mediterranean climates share similarities, some parallels can be drawn from the Australian experience for Europe.
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Tarighi S, Najafi M, Hossein-Nezhad A, Ghaedi H, Meshkani R, Moradi N, Fadaei R, Kazerouni F, Shanaki M. Association Between Two Common Polymorphisms of Vitamin D Binding Protein and the Risk of Coronary Artery Disease: A Case-control Study. J Med Biochem 2017; 36:349-357. [PMID: 30581332 PMCID: PMC6294082 DOI: 10.1515/jomb-2017-0015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2017] [Accepted: 03/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Background Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) is one of the most widespread non-communicable diseases. Vitamin Dbinding protein (VDBP) and its genetic poly morphisms have been highlighted as the susceptible components for CAD. The aim of the present study was to examine the association of VDBP single nucleotide poly morphisms (SNPs) - rs7041 and rs4588 - with CAD susceptibility among the Iranian population. Methods A total of 143 men with CAD and 145 healthy age-sex matched controls underwent genotyping for the - rs7041 and rs4588 polymorphisms using the polymerase chain reaction restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) method. Serum level of 25(OH)D was assayed using microplate colorimetric enzyme immunoassay. Results We found a significant association between GG genotype (rs7041) and CAD (p=0.02, OR=0.537 95% CI =0.306-0.944). Regarding rs4588 polymorphism, a significant difference was observed in which the CA genotype (p=0.00032, OR=2.578, 95% CI=1.579-4.208) and allele A (P=0.028, OR=1.491, 95% CI=1.043-2.132) were significantly higher in CAD patients compared to controls. In spite of lower serum levels of 25(OH)D in CAD patients, we found no significant association between these SNPs and Vitamin D serum concentrations. Conclusion We concluded that VDBP polymorphisms affect the susceptibility to CAD in Iranian men. Therefore, further studies are required to clarify the association of VDBP phenotypes and its serum levels with CAD.
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- Shahriar Tarighi
- Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Research, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Cardiac Outcome Research and Education (CORE), Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Tehran, Iran
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- Osteoporosis Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Tomson J, Hin H, Emberson J, Kurien R, Lay M, Cox J, Hill M, Arnold L, Leeson P, Armitage J, Clarke R. Effects of Vitamin D on Blood Pressure, Arterial Stiffness, and Cardiac Function in Older People After 1 Year: BEST-D (Biochemical Efficacy and Safety Trial of Vitamin D). J Am Heart Assoc 2017; 6:e005707. [PMID: 29066437 PMCID: PMC5721827 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.117.005707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2017] [Accepted: 08/09/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND The relevance of vitamin D for prevention of cardiovascular disease is uncertain. The BEST-D (Biochemical Efficacy and Safety Trial of vitamin D) trial previously reported effects of vitamin D on plasma markers of vitamin D status, and the present report describes the effects on blood pressure, heart rate, arterial stiffness, and cardiac function. METHODS AND RESULTS This was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of 305 older people living in United Kingdom, who were allocated vitamin D 4000 IU (100 μg), vitamin D 2000 IU (50 μg), or placebo daily. Primary outcomes were plasma concentrations of 25-hydroxy-vitamin D and secondary outcomes were blood pressure, heart rate, and arterial stiffness in all participants at 6 and 12 months, plasma N-terminal prohormone of brain natriuretic peptide levels in all participants at 12 months, and echocardiographic measures of cardiac function in a randomly selected subset (n=177) at 12 months. Mean (SE) plasma 25-hydroxy-vitamin D concentrations were 50 (SE 2) nmol/L at baseline and increased to 137 (2.4), 102 (2.4), and 53 (2.4) nmol/L after 12 months in those allocated 4000 IU/d, 2000 IU/d of vitamin D, or placebo, respectively. Allocation to vitamin D had no significant effect on mean levels of blood pressure, heart rate, or arterial stiffness at either 6 or 12 months, nor on any echocardiographic measures of cardiac function, or plasma N-terminal prohormone of brain natriuretic peptide concentration at 12 months. CONCLUSIONS The absence of any significant effect of vitamin D on blood pressure, arterial stiffness, or cardiac function suggests that any beneficial effects of vitamin D on cardiovascular disease are unlikely to be mediated through these mechanisms. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION URL: https://www.clinicaltrialsregister.eu/ctr-search/search. Unique identifier: EudraCT number: 2011-005763-24a.
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- Joseph Tomson
- Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Hightown Surgery, Banbury, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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- Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
- MRC Population Health Research Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Oxford Cardiovascular Clinical Research Facility, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Oxford Cardiovascular Clinical Research Facility, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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Vassalle C, Sabatino L, Cecco PD, Maltinti M, Ndreu R, Maffei S, Pingitore A. Relationship between Bone Health Biomarkers and Cardiovascular Risk in a General Adult Population. Diseases 2017; 5:diseases5040024. [PMID: 29064392 PMCID: PMC5750535 DOI: 10.3390/diseases5040024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2017] [Accepted: 10/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Purpose/Introduction: Osteoporosis (OP) and cardiovascular (CV) disease emerge as closely related conditions, showing common risk factors and/or pathophysiological mechanisms. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between bone health markers (BHM) and individual CV risk factors and overall CV risk (FRAMINGHAM-FRS, and PROCAM scores) in a general adult population. METHODS In 103 subjects (21 males; age: 56 ± 12 years), vitamin D (25(OH)D), osteocalcin (OC), bone alkaline phospatase (BALP), procollagen I aminoterminal propeptide (P1NP), CTx-telopeptide, as well clinical history and life style were evaluated. RESULTS Aging (p < 0.001) and glycemia (p < 0.05) emerged as independent 25(OH)D predictors. Aging (p < 0.001), male sex (p < 0.05), and obesity (p < 0.05) represented independent OC determinants. Aging (p < 0.05) was the only independent BALP determinant. After multivariate adjustment, low 25(OH)D (<20 ng/mL) (Odds ratio OR (95% confidence intervals CI)) (5 (1.4-18) p < 0.05) and elevated OC (>75th percentile-16.6 ng/mL) (6.7 (1.9-23.8) p < 0.01) were found to be significant FRS predictors, while subjects with elevated OC and/or BALP (>75th percentile-9.8 μg/L) showed a higher CV risk as estimated by PROCAM (3.6 (1.2-10.7) p < 0.05). CTx and P1NP did not significantly correlate with CV risk factors or scores. CONCLUSION As we go further into bone and CV physiology, it is evident that a close relationship exists between these diseases. Further studies are needed to investigate mechanisms by which bone turnover markers are related to metabolic risk and could modulate CV risk. This knowledge may help to develop possible multiple-purpose strategies for both CV disease and OP prevention and treatment.
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- Cristina Vassalle
- Fondazione CNR-Regione Toscana G Monasterio and Istituto di Fisiologia Clinica, CNR via Moruzzi 1, I-56124 Pisa, Italy.
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- Fondazione CNR-Regione Toscana G Monasterio and Istituto di Fisiologia Clinica, CNR via Moruzzi 1, I-56124 Pisa, Italy.
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- Fondazione CNR-Regione Toscana G Monasterio and Istituto di Fisiologia Clinica, CNR via Moruzzi 1, I-56124 Pisa, Italy.
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- Fondazione CNR-Regione Toscana G Monasterio and Istituto di Fisiologia Clinica, CNR via Moruzzi 1, I-56124 Pisa, Italy.
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- Fondazione CNR-Regione Toscana G Monasterio and Istituto di Fisiologia Clinica, CNR via Moruzzi 1, I-56124 Pisa, Italy.
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- Fondazione CNR-Regione Toscana G Monasterio and Istituto di Fisiologia Clinica, CNR via Moruzzi 1, I-56124 Pisa, Italy.
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- Fondazione CNR-Regione Toscana G Monasterio and Istituto di Fisiologia Clinica, CNR via Moruzzi 1, I-56124 Pisa, Italy.
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Grant WB, Bhattoa HP, Boucher BJ. Seasonal variations of U.S. mortality rates: Roles of solar ultraviolet-B doses, vitamin D, gene exp ression, and infections. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2017; 173:5-12. [PMID: 28088363 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2017.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2016] [Revised: 12/13/2016] [Accepted: 01/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Death rates in the U.S. show a pronounced seasonality. The broad seasonal variation shows about 25% higher death rates in winter than in summer with an additional few percent increase associated with the Christmas and New Year's holidays. A pronounced increase in death rates also starts in mid-September, shortly after the school year begins. The causes of death with large contributions to the observed seasonality include diseases of the circulatory system; the respiratory system; the digestive system; and endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases. Researchers have identified several factors showing seasonal variation that could possibly explain the seasonal variations in mortality rate. These factors include seasonal variations in solar ultraviolet-B(UVB) doses and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] concentrations, gene expression, ambient temperature and humidity, UVB effects on environmental pathogen load, environmental pollutants and allergens, and photoperiod (or length of day). The factors with the strongest support in this analysis are seasonal variations in solar UVB doses and 25(OH)D concentrations. In the U.S., population mean 25(OH)D concentrations range from 21ng/mL in March to 28ng/mL in August. Measures to ensure that all people had 25(OH)D concentrations >36ng/mL year round would probably reduce death rates significantly.
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- William B Grant
- Sunlight, Nutrition, and Health Research Center, PO Box 641603, San Francisco, CA, 94164-1603, USA.
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Nagyerdei blvd 98, Debrecen, H-4032, Hungary
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- The Blizard Institute, Barts & The London School of Medicine & Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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Grübler MR, März W, Pilz S, Grammer TB, Trummer C, Müllner C, Schwetz V, Pandis M, Verheyen N, Tomaschitz A, Fiordelisi A, Laudisio D, Cipolletta E, Iaccarino G. Vitamin-D concentrations, cardiovascular risk and events - a review of epidemiological evidence. Rev Endocr Metab Disord 2017; 18:259-272. [PMID: 28451877 DOI: 10.1007/s11154-017-9417-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Vitamin D has long been established as an elemental factor of bone physiology. Beyond mineral metabolism, the expression of the vitamin D receptor has been identified throughout the cardiovascular (CV) system. Experimental studies showed beneficial effects of vitamin D on heart and vessels, but vitamin D intoxication in animals also led to hypercalcemia and vascular calcification. Our knowledge has been extended by epidemiological studies that showed that 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) levels are inversely associated with an increased CV risk itself, but also with established CV risk factors, such as arterial hypertension, endothelial dysfunction and atherosclerosis. Conversely, randomized controlled trials could not document significant and consistent effects of vitamin D supplementation on CV risk or events. Potential explanations may lie in differences in reference ranges or the possibility that low vitamin D in CV disease is only an epiphenomenon. In the latter case, the key question is why low 25(OH)D levels are such a strong predictor of health. While we wait for new data, the current conclusion is that vitamin D is a strong risk marker for CV risk factors and for CV diseases itself.
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- Martin Robert Grübler
- Swiss Cardiovascular Centre Bern, Department of Cardiology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Freiburgstrasse 8, 3010, Bern, Switzerland.
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
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- Vth Department of Medicine (Nephrology, Hypertensiology, Endocrinology, Diabetology, and Rheumatology), Mannheim Medical Faculty, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
- Clinical Institute of Medical and Chemical Laboratory Diagnostics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
- Synlab Academy, Synlab Services GmbH, and Augsburg, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Mannheim Institute of Public Health, Mannheim Medical Faculty, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
- Bad Gleichenberg Clinic, Schweizereiweg 4, 8344, Bad Gleichenberg, Austria
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery Odontoiatrics-Scuola Medica Salernitana, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery Odontoiatrics-Scuola Medica Salernitana, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
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Hin H, Tomson J, Newman C, Kurien R, Lay M, Cox J, Sayer J, Hill M, Emberson J, Armitage J, Clarke R. Optimum dose of vitamin D for disease prevention in older people: BEST-D trial of vitamin D in primary care. Osteoporos Int 2017; 28:841-851. [PMID: 27986983 PMCID: PMC5306173 DOI: 10.1007/s00198-016-3833-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2016] [Accepted: 11/02/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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UNLABELLED This trial compared the effects of daily treatment with vitamin D or placebo for 1 year on blood tests of vitamin D status. The results demonstrated that daily 4000 IU vitamin D3 is required to achieve blood levels associated with lowest disease risks, and this dose should be tested in future trials for fracture prevention. INTRODUCTION The aim of this trial was to assess the effects of daily supplementation with vitamin D3 4000 IU (100 μg), 2000 IU (50 μg) or placebo for 1 year on biochemical markers of vitamin D status in preparation for a large trial for prevention of fractures and other outcomes. METHODS This is a randomized placebo-controlled trial in 305 community-dwelling people aged 65 years or older in Oxfordshire, UK. Outcomes included biochemical markers of vitamin D status (plasma 25-hydroxy-vitamin D [25[OH]D], parathyroid hormone [PTH], calcium and alkaline phosphatase), cardiovascular risk factors and tests of physical function. RESULTS Mean (SD) plasma 25(OH)D levels were 50 (18) nmol/L at baseline and increased to 137 (39), 102 (25) and 53 (16) nmol/L after 12 months in those allocated 4000 IU, 2000 IU or placebo, respectively (with 88%, 70% and 1% of these groups achieving the pre-specified level of >90 nmol/L). Neither dose of vitamin D3 was associated with significant deviation outside the normal range of PTH or albumin-corrected calcium. The additional effect on 25(OH)D levels of 4000 versus 2000 IU was similar in all subgroups except for body mass index, for which the further increase was smaller in overweight and obese participants compared with normal-weight participants. Supplementation with vitamin D had no significant effects on cardiovascular risk factors or on measures of physical function. CONCLUSIONS After accounting for average 70% compliance in long-term trials, doses of 4000 IU vitamin D3 daily may be required to achieve plasma 25(OH)D levels associated with lowest disease risk in observational studies.
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- H Hin
- Hightown Surgery, Banbury, Oxfordshire, UK
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- Clinical Trial Service Unit (CTSU) and Epidemiological Studies Unit and MRC Population Health Research Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Clinical Trial Service Unit (CTSU) and Epidemiological Studies Unit and MRC Population Health Research Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Clinical Trial Service Unit (CTSU) and Epidemiological Studies Unit and MRC Population Health Research Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Clinical Trial Service Unit (CTSU) and Epidemiological Studies Unit and MRC Population Health Research Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Clinical Trial Service Unit (CTSU) and Epidemiological Studies Unit and MRC Population Health Research Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Clinical Trial Service Unit (CTSU) and Epidemiological Studies Unit and MRC Population Health Research Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Clinical Trial Service Unit (CTSU) and Epidemiological Studies Unit and MRC Population Health Research Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Clinical Trial Service Unit (CTSU) and Epidemiological Studies Unit and MRC Population Health Research Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Clinical Trial Service Unit (CTSU) and Epidemiological Studies Unit and MRC Population Health Research Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
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Crosstalk between Vitamins A, B12, D, K, C, and E Status and Arterial Stiffness. DISEASE MARKERS 2017; 2017:8784971. [PMID: 28167849 PMCID: PMC5266829 DOI: 10.1155/2017/8784971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2016] [Accepted: 12/14/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Arterial stiffness is associated with cardiovascular risk, morbidity, and mortality. The present paper reviews the main vitamins related to arterial stiffness and enabling destiffening, their mechanisms of action, providing a brief description of the latest studies in the area, and their implications for primary cardiovascular prevention, clinical practice, and therapy. Despite inconsistent evidence for destiffening induced by vitamin supplementation in several randomized clinical trials, positive results were obtained in specific populations. The main mechanisms are related to antiatherogenic effects, improvement of endothelial function (vitamins A, C, D, and E) and metabolic profile (vitamins A, B12, C, D, and K), inhibition of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (vitamin D), anti-inflammatory (vitamins A, D, E, and K) and antioxidant effects (vitamins A, C, and E), decrease of homocysteine level (vitamin B12), and reversing calcification of arteries (vitamin K). Vitamins A, B12, C, D, E, and K status is important in evaluating cardiovascular risk, and vitamin supplementation may be an effective, individualized, and inexpensive destiffening therapy.
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Zittermann A. The Biphasic Effect of Vitamin D on the Musculoskeletal and Cardiovascular System. Int J Endocrinol 2017; 2017:3206240. [PMID: 28912809 PMCID: PMC5587949 DOI: 10.1155/2017/3206240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2017] [Accepted: 07/10/2017] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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This narrative review summarizes beneficial and harmful vitamin D effects on the musculoskeletal and cardiovascular system. Special attention is paid to the dose-response relationship of vitamin D with clinical outcomes. In infants and adults, the risk of musculoskeletal diseases is highest at circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) concentrations below 25 nmol/L and is low if 40-60 nmol/L are achieved. However, evidence is also accumulating that in elderly people the risk of falls and fractures increases again at circulating 25OHD levels > 100 nmol/L. Cohort studies report a progressive increase in cardiovascular disease (CVD) events at 25OHD levels < 50 nmol/L. Nevertheless, meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials suggest only small beneficial effects of vitamin D supplements on surrogate parameters of CVD risk and no reduction in CVD events. Evidence is accumulating for adverse vitamin D effects on CVD outcomes at 25OHD levels > 100 nmol/L, but the threshold may be influenced by the level of physical activity. In conclusion, dose-response relationships indicate deleterious effects on the musculoskeletal system and probably on the cardiovascular system at circulating 25OHD levels < 40-60 nmol/L and >100 nmol/L. Future studies should focus on populations with 25OHD levels < 40 nmol/L and should avoid vitamin D doses achieving 25OHD levels > 100 nmol/L.
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- Armin Zittermann
- Clinic for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia, Ruhr University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
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Skaaby T, Thuesen BH, Linneberg A. Vitamin D, Cardiovascular Disease and Risk Factors. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2017; 996:221-230. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-56017-5_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Gowda U, Ruwanpathirana T, Fong DPS, Kaur A, Renzaho AMN. Efficacy of high dose Vitamin D supplementation in improving serum 25(OH)D among migrant and non migrant population: a retrospective study. BMC Health Serv Res 2016; 16:579. [PMID: 27737675 PMCID: PMC5064956 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-016-1798-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2015] [Accepted: 09/27/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Higher dose of vitamin D supplementation 50000 IU is required for those whose serum 25(OH)D levels are 50 nmol/L and below. The increment in serum 25(OH)D though not significantly affected by race, sex or age it is negatively correlated to the baseline 25(OH)D concentration. This study investigated whether the mean increase in serum 25(OH)D will be higher among participants with lower baseline 25(OH)D levels and whether the duration of supplementation has an influence on the serum 25(OH)D achieved. METHODS A clinical audit of patients' medical records from a community health centre in Melbourne for the period 01.01.2010 to 31-12.2012 was undertaken. Paired sample t test was used to determine difference in pre and post dose serum 25(OH)D. Simple and multiple linear regressions were used to examine the association between the difference in pre and post dose serum 25(OH)D and duration of supplementation and baseline serum 25(OH)D, adjusting for socio-demographic factors. RESULTS A total of 205 patients were included in the study. Mean difference in serum 25(OH)D was highest 52.8 nmol/L (95 % CI: 46.63-58.92) among those whose serum 25(OH)D was below 25 nmol/L at baseline. Baseline 25(OH)D alone accounted for 13.7 % of variance in the effect size (F(2, 202) = 16.0. p < 0.001), with the effect size significantly higher among participants with a baseline 25(OH)D level of 25-49 nmol/L (β = 11.93, 95 % CI: 0.48, 23.40, p < 0.05). Mean serum 25(OH)D difference was highest, 47.53 nmol/L (95 % CI: 40.95-54.11) when measured within 3 months of supplementation. Duration of supplementation explained 2.9 % of the variance in the effect size (F (1, 203) = 6.11, p < 0.05) and there was an inverse relationship between the length of supplementation and mean pre and post supplementation serum 25(OH)D difference (β = -1.45, 95 % CI: -2.62, -0.29, p = 0.014). CONCLUSION Following 50000 IU vitamin D3 for 12 months mean serum 25(OH)D increase was highest among those whose baseline serum 25(OH)D was lower. Migrants especially dark-skinned are at a high risk for vitamin D deficiency in Australia. High dose vitamin D3 50000 IU (cholecalciferol) is effective in achieving sufficient serum 25(OH)D among these populations who tend to have lower baseline serum 25(OH)D.
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- Usha Gowda
- Global Health and Society Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Victoria, Australia
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- Centre for Cardiovascular Research and Education in Therapeutics, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Victoria, Australia
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- Doutta Galla Community Health Service, Kensington, VIC Australia
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- Doutta Galla Community Health Service, Kensington, VIC Australia
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- Global Health and Society Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Victoria, Australia
- Centre for International Health, Burnet Institute, Victoria, Australia
- School of Social Sciences and Psychology, University of Western Sydney, Locked bag 1797, Penrith, 2751 NSW Australia
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Relationship between Vitamin D Status and Autonomic Nervous System Activity. Nutrients 2016; 8:nu8090565. [PMID: 27649235 PMCID: PMC5037550 DOI: 10.3390/nu8090565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2016] [Revised: 08/31/2016] [Accepted: 09/06/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Vitamin D deficiency is associated with increased arterial stiffness. However, the mechanisms underlying this association have not been clarified. The aim was to investigate whether changes in autonomic nervous system activity could underlie an association between 25 hydroxy vitamin D and arterial stiffness. A total of 49 subjects (age = 60 ± 8 years, body mass index = 26.7 ± 4.6 kg/m², 25 hydroxy vitamin D = 69 ± 22 nmol/L) underwent measurements of pulse wave velocity (PWV) and augmentation index (AIx), spontaneous baroreflex sensitivity, plasma metanephrines and 25 hydroxy vitamin D. Subjects with 25 hydroxy vitamin D ≤ 50 nmol/L were restudied after 200,000 International Units 25 hydroxy vitamin D. Plasma metanephrine was positively associated with AIx (p = 0.02) independent of age, sex, smoking and cholesterol and negatively associated with 25 hydroxy vitamin D (p = 0.002) independent of age, sex and season. In contrast, there was no association between baroreflex sensitivity and 25 hydroxy vitamin D (p = 0.54). Treatment with vitamin D increased 25 hydroxy vitamin D from 43 ± 5 to 96 ± 24 nmol/L (p < 0.0001) but there was no significant change in plasma metanephrine (115 ± 25 vs. 99 ± 39 pmol/L, p = 0.12). We conclude that as plasma metanephrine was negatively associated with 25 hydroxy vitamin D and positively with AIx, it could mediate an association between these two variables. This hypothesis should be tested in larger interventional studies.
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Hopewell JC, Clarke R. Emerging Risk Factors for Stroke. Stroke 2016; 47:1673-8. [DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.115.010646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2015] [Accepted: 03/14/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Jemma C. Hopewell
- From the Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- From the Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Vitamin D is a precursor of the steroid hormone calcitriol that is crucial for bone and mineral metabolism. Both the high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in the general population and the identification of the vitamin D receptor in the heart and blood vessels raised interest in the potential cardiovascular effects of vitamin D. Experimental studies have demonstrated various cardiovascular protective actions of vitamin D, but vitamin D intoxication in animals is known to induce vascular calcification. In meta-analyses of epidemiological studies, vitamin D deficiency is associated with an increased cardiovascular risk. Findings from Mendelian randomization studies and randomized, controlled trials (RCTs) do not indicate significant effects of a general vitamin D supplementation on cardiovascular outcomes. Previous RCTs, however, were not adequately designed to address extraskeletal events, and did not focus on vitamin D-deficient individuals. Therefore, currently available evidence does not support cardiovascular benefits or harms of vitamin D supplementation with the commonly used doses, and whether vitamin D has cardiovascular effects in individuals with overt vitamin D deficiency remains to be evaluated. Here, we provide an update on clinical studies on vitamin D and cardiovascular risk, discuss ongoing vitamin D research, and consider the management of vitamin D deficiency from a cardiovascular health perspective.
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Djaja N, Janda M, Lucas RM, Harrison SL, van der Mei I, Ebeling PR, Neale RE, Whiteman DC, Nowak M, Kimlin MG. Self-Reported Changes in Sun-Protection Behaviors at Different Latitudes in Australia. Photochem Photobiol 2016; 92:495-502. [PMID: 26914695 DOI: 10.1111/php.12582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2015] [Accepted: 12/03/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Sun exposure is the most important source of vitamin D, but is also a risk factor for skin cancer. This study investigated attitudes toward vitamin D, and changes in sun-exposure behavior due to concern about adequate vitamin D. Participants (n = 1002) were recruited from four regions of Australia and completed self- and interviewer-administered surveys. Chi-square tests were used to assess associations between participants' latitude of residence, vitamin D-related attitudes and changes in sun-exposure behaviors during the last summer. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to model the association between attitudes and behaviors. Overall, people who worried about their vitamin D status were more likely to have altered sun protection and spent more time in the sun people not concerned about vitamin D. Concern about vitamin D was also more common with increasing latitude. Use of novel item response theory analysis highlighted the potential impact of self-reported behavior change on skin cancer predisposition due concern to vitamin. This cross-sectional study shows that the strongest determinants of self-reported sun-protection behavior changes due to concerns about vitamin D were attitudes and location, with people at higher latitudes worrying more.
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- Ngadiman Djaja
- School of Public Health and Social Work, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Qld, Australia.,Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Qld, Australia.,National Health and Medical Research Council Centre for Research Excellence in Sun and Health, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Qld, Australia
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- School of Public Health and Social Work, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Qld, Australia.,Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Qld, Australia.,National Health and Medical Research Council Centre for Research Excellence in Sun and Health, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Qld, Australia
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- National Health and Medical Research Council Centre for Research Excellence in Sun and Health, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Qld, Australia.,National Centre for Epidemiology and Research School of Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia.,Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Qld, Australia.,National Health and Medical Research Council Centre for Research Excellence in Sun and Health, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Qld, Australia.,JCU Skin Cancer Research Group, Division of Tropical Health and Medicine, College of Public Health, Medical & Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld, Australia.,Anton Breinl Centre for Health Systems Strengthening, Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine (AITHM), James Cook University, Townsville, Qld, Australia
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- National Health and Medical Research Council Centre for Research Excellence in Sun and Health, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Qld, Australia.,Menzies Institute for Medical Research, Hobart, Tas., Australia
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- National Health and Medical Research Council Centre for Research Excellence in Sun and Health, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Qld, Australia.,School of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Vic., Australia
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- National Health and Medical Research Council Centre for Research Excellence in Sun and Health, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Qld, Australia.,QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Qld, Australia
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- National Health and Medical Research Council Centre for Research Excellence in Sun and Health, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Qld, Australia.,QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Qld, Australia
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- JCU Skin Cancer Research Group, Division of Tropical Health and Medicine, College of Public Health, Medical & Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld, Australia.,Anton Breinl Centre for Health Systems Strengthening, Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine (AITHM), James Cook University, Townsville, Qld, Australia
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- School of Public Health and Social Work, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Qld, Australia.,Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Qld, Australia.,National Health and Medical Research Council Centre for Research Excellence in Sun and Health, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Qld, Australia
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Cosinor modelling of seasonal variation in 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations in cardiovascular patients in Norway. Eur J Clin Nutr 2015; 70:517-22. [PMID: 26603883 PMCID: PMC4827012 DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2015.200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2015] [Revised: 08/06/2015] [Accepted: 10/16/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Background/Objectives: Seasonal variation may reduce the validity of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) as a biomarker of vitamin D status. Here we aimed to identify potential determinants of seasonal variation in 25OHD concentrations and to evaluate cosinor modelling as a method to adjust single 25OHD measurements for seasonal variation. Subjects/Methods: In Caucasian cardiovascular patients (1999–2004), we measured 25OHD by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry in 4116 baseline and 528 follow-up samples. To baseline values, we fitted a cosinor model for monthly concentrations of 25OHD. Using the model, we estimated each patient's adjusted annual 25OHD value. Further, we studied how covariates affected the annual mean 25OHD concentration and seasonal variation of the study cohort. To evaluate the model, we predicted follow-up measurements with and without covariates and compared accuracy with carrying forward baseline values and linear regression adjusting for season, common approaches in research and clinical practice, respectively. Results: The annual mean (59.6 nmol/l) was associated with participants' age, gender, smoking status, body mass, physical activity level, diabetes diagnosis, vitamin D supplement use and study site (adjusted models, P<0.05). Seasonal 25OHD variation was 15.8 nmol/l, and older age (>62 years) was associated with less variation (adjusted model, P=0.025). Prediction of follow-up measurements was more accurate with the cosinor model compared with the other approaches (P<0.05). Adding covariates to cosinor models did not improve prediction (P>0.05). Conclusions: We find cosinor models suitable and flexible for analysing and adjusting for seasonal variation in 25OHD concentrations, which is influenced by age.
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Tunstall-Pedoe H, Woodward M, Hughes M, Anderson A, Kennedy G, Belch J, Kuulasmaa K. Prime mover or fellow traveller: 25-hydroxy vitamin D's seasonal variation, cardiovascular disease and death in the Scottish Heart Health Extended Cohort (SHHEC). Int J Epidemiol 2015; 44:1602-12. [PMID: 26095374 PMCID: PMC4681106 DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyv092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/01/2015] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Background: Theoretical links between seasonal lack of sunlight, hypovitaminosis D and excess cardiovascular disease and death prompted our adding novel to conventional cohort analyses. Methods: We tested three postulates on 13 224 Scottish Heart Health Extended Cohort participants, assayed for 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) and followed for 22 years. (i) Endpoints enumerated by month of occurrence mirror annual seasonal oscillation in 25OHD. (ii) Endpoint seasonality is increased in people with below median 25OHD. (iii) Low 25OHD predicts endpoints independently of major risk factors. Results: Baseline median 25OHD level was 36.4 (other quartiles 26.7, 51.7) nmol/l. The March trough was half the August peak, both well after seasonal solstices. (i) There was no demonstrable monthly variation in First Cardiovascular Event (n = 3307). Peaks and troughs for All Death and Cardiovascular Death (n = 2987, 1350) were near the solstices, earlier than extremes of 25OHD. (ii) Endpoint variability showed no difference between those above and below median 25OHD. (iii) Cox model hazard ratios (HR), by decreasing 25OHD, increased modestly and nonspecifically for all endpoints examined, with no threshold, the gradients diminishing by ∼ 60% following multiple adjustment. For Cardiovascular Disease, HR, by 20 (∼SD) nmol/l decrease, = 1.224 (1.175, 1.275) adjusted for age and sex; additionally adjusted for family history, deprivation index, smoking, systolic blood pressure, total and HDL cholesterol, = 1.093 (1.048, 1.139); All Deaths = 1.238 (1.048, 1.139) and 1.098 (1.050, 1.149). 25OHD made no independent contribution to cardiovascular discrimination and reclassification. Conclusions: Our analyses challenge vitamin D’s alleged role as major prime mover in cardiovascular disease and mortality.
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Research, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK, Nuffield Department of Public Health, Oxford University, Oxford, UK, George Institute for Global Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- UK Clinical Research Collaboration Centre of Excellence for Public Health, Queens University Belfast, Belfast, UK, University Heart Center Hamburg, Clinic for General and Interventional Cardiology, Hamburg, Germany
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- Centre for Public Health Nutrition Research, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK and
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Research, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Research, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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Vitamin D for the prevention of cardiovascular disease: Are we ready for that? Atherosclerosis 2015; 241:729-40. [PMID: 26135478 DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2015.06.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2015] [Revised: 06/16/2015] [Accepted: 06/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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A general concept of clinical benefit of vitamin D supplementation has emerged from the evidence in prevention of osteoporosis. From the cardiovascular point of view, clinical benefit of such supplementation remains less clear. Studies in vitro and in animal models demonstrated the expression of vitamin D receptors in endothelial cells, vascular smooth muscle and cardiomyocytes. Vitamin D has been directly implicated in endothelium-mediated vasodilation, anti-coagulant activity and inhibition of the inflammatory response. Indirectly, it may favor the reduction of blood pressure, myocardial hypertrophy and ventricular arrhythmias. In contrast to these mechanistic findings, cross-sectional, longitudinal and small clinical trials have not been consistent in demonstrating association between cardiovascular events and vitamin D. Besides, methodological issues in the tests for serum levels of vitamin D may also contribute to this puzzle. Hence, in the current state of knowledge, it may be too early to consider or to rule out vitamin D as a tool to either estimate or mitigate residual cardiovascular risk. In this review, we discuss recent advances and potential limitations in mechanistic and clinical evidences that are outlining the framework of interaction between vitamin D and cardiovascular risk.
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Pasquali M, Tartaglione L, Rotondi S, Muci ML, Mandanici G, Farcomeni A, Marangella M, Mazzaferro S. Calcitriol/calcifediol ratio: An indicator of vitamin D hydroxylation efficiency? BBA CLINICAL 2015; 3:251-6. [PMID: 26676064 PMCID: PMC4661572 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbacli.2015.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2014] [Revised: 03/05/2015] [Accepted: 03/06/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Background Calcifediol (25D) availability is crucial for calcitriol (1,25D) synthesis, but regulation of vitamin D hydroxylases is majorly responsible for 1,25D synthesis. The net efficiency of vitamin D hydroxylases might be informative. We assume that the ratio between calcitriol and calcifediol (25D/1,25D) serum concentrations could suggest the vitamin D hydroxylation efficiency. Methods We evaluated 25D/1,25D in different patient populations: hemodialysis (HD, n = 76), CKD stage 2–5 (n = 111), renal transplant (TX, n = 135), patients with no renal disease (No-CKD, n = 290), and primary hyperparathyroidism (PHP, n = 20). Results The geometric mean of 1,25D/25D (pg/ng) averaged 1.11 (HD), 1.36 (CKD), 1.77 (TX), 2.22 (No-CKD), and 4.11 (PHP), with a progressive increment from HD to PHP (p-value for the trend <0.001). Each clinical condition elicited a significant effect on 25D/1,25D (p < 0.0001) and adjusted multivariate analysis indicated levels of Cas, Ps, PTH, and 25D as predictors of 25D/1,25D. Both in vitamin D deficient and replete subjects (25D< or ≥20 ng/ml) 25D/1,25D associated with each clinical condition (p < 0.0001) and mean values increased progressively from HD to PHP (p-values for the trend <0.0001). Regression analysis between 25D (substrate) and 25D/1,25D (efficiency) revealed an exponential negative correlation in No-CKD (r2Exp = 0.53, p < 0.001) with sharp increments of 25D/1,25D when 25D values are <20 ng/ml. At variance, in CKD (r2lin = 0.19) and in TX (r2lin = 0.32) the regression was linear as if, in case of deficit, some inhibition of the system were operating. Conclusion and General significance In conclusion 1,25D/25D can reflect the efficiency of vitamin D hydroxylases more than separate evaluation of 25D and 1,25D and can facilitate the therapeutic choices in different patient populations. 1,25D/25D ratio could represent an index of vitamin D hydroxylation efficiency. 1,25D/25D ratio progressively increases from HD to CKD, TX, No-CKD and PHP. Each of these clinical conditions affected the value of the ratio. In selected populations 1,25D/25D ratio could guide substitutive therapeutic choices.
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- Marzia Pasquali
- Department of Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Nephrologic, Anesthesiologic and Geriatric Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
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- Department of Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Nephrologic, Anesthesiologic and Geriatric Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
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- Department of Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Nephrologic, Anesthesiologic and Geriatric Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
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- Department of Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Nephrologic, Anesthesiologic and Geriatric Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
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- Department of Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Nephrologic, Anesthesiologic and Geriatric Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
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- Dept. of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
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- Department of Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Nephrologic, Anesthesiologic and Geriatric Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
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Wong G, Lim WH, Lewis J, Craig JC, Turner R, Zhu K, Lim EM, Prince R. Vitamin D and cancer mortality in elderly women. BMC Cancer 2015; 15:106. [PMID: 25884436 PMCID: PMC4356107 DOI: 10.1186/s12885-015-1112-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2014] [Accepted: 02/21/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Background There is increasing evidence that vitamin D deficiency is a risk factor for cancer, however it remains uncertain whether vitamin D deficiency also predisposes to death from cancer. The aim of the study was to determine the association between serum 25-hydroxy-vitamin D (25 (OH) D) concentrations and cancer-specific mortality in a community-based cohort of older post-menopausal women. Methods Cox proportional regression analyses were conducted to examine the association between serum 25 (OH) D concentrations and the risk of overall and site-specific cancer mortality in a cohort of elderly women. Results Over a median follow-up time of 10 years, a total of 84 cancer deaths were observed. Women with lower serum 25 (OH) D concentrations were at an increased risk of cancer death, but not for incident cancer. The excess risk for cancer death was observed with serum 25 (OH) D concentration less than 64 nmol/L (the median value) [adjusted HR: 1.61 (95% CI: 1.02 - 2.54, p = 0.04]. For every 30 nmol/L reduction in serum 25 (OH) D concentrations, there was a 30% increase in the overall risk of cancer death [adjusted HR: 1.33; 95% CI: 1.03 – 1.72, p = 0.02]. The excess risk appeared to be site-specific and greatest in those with haematological cancers [adjusted HR: 2.13: 95% CI: 1.0 – 4.55, p = 0.05]. Conclusions In elderly women, lower serum 25 (OH) D concentrations appear to be an independent risk factor for cancer-specific mortality, but not a risk factor for the development of cancer. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12885-015-1112-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Germaine Wong
- Centre for Kidney Research, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Australia. .,School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. .,Centre for Transplant and Renal Research, Westmead Hospital Westmead, Westmead, Australia.
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- University of Western Australia School of Medicine and Pharmacology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Unit, Perth, Australia. .,Department of Renal Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Australia.
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- University of Western Australia School of Medicine and Pharmacology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Unit, Perth, Australia. .,Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Australia.
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- Centre for Kidney Research, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Australia. .,School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
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- School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
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- University of Western Australia School of Medicine and Pharmacology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Unit, Perth, Australia. .,Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Australia.
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- PathWest, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Australia.
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- University of Western Australia School of Medicine and Pharmacology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Unit, Perth, Australia. .,Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Australia.
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Masson S, Agabiti N, Vago T, Miceli M, Mayer F, Letizia T, Wienhues-Thelen U, Mureddu GF, Davoli M, Boccanelli A, Latini R. The fibroblast growth factor-23 and Vitamin D emerge as nontraditional risk factors and may affect cardiovascular risk. J Intern Med 2015; 277:318-330. [PMID: 24620922 DOI: 10.1111/joim.12232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Fibroblast growth factor-23 (FGF-23) and vitamin D are hormones involved in phosphate homoeostasis. They also directly influence cardiomyocyte hypertrophy. We examined whether the relationships between levels of vitamin D or FGF-23, cardiac phenotype and outcome were independent of established cardiac biomarkers in a large cohort of community-dwelling elderly subjects. DESIGN AND SETTING Plasma levels of FGF-23 and vitamin D were measured in 1851 men and women (65-84 years) resident in the Lazio region of Italy. Participants were referred to eight cardiology centres for clinical examination, electrocardiography, comprehensive Doppler echocardiography and blood sampling. All-cause mortality or hospitalizations were available after a median follow-up of 47 months with record linkage of administrative data. RESULTS Vitamin D deficiency (<20 ng mL(-1) ) was found in 72.3% of subjects, but FGF-23 levels were normal [74 (58-97) RU per mL]. After adjustment for cardiovascular risk factors and morbidities, low concentrations of vitamin D and high levels of FGF-23 were associated with a higher left ventricular (LV) mass index. Levels of FGF-23 [hazard ratio (HR) (95% confidence interval (CI)) 1.71 (1.28-2.28), P < 0.0001] but not vitamin D [0.76 (0.57-1.01), P = 0.08] were independently associated with mortality after adjustment for clinical risk factors and two cardiac markers together (N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide and high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T), but did not predict hospital admission. People with above median values of FGF-23 and below median values of vitamin D had greater LV hypertrophy and higher mortality. CONCLUSIONS In community-dwelling elderly individuals with highly prevalent vitamin D deficiency, FGF-23 levels were associated with LV hypertrophy and predicted mortality independently of two robust cardiac biomarkers. A causal relationship was not demonstrated, but the hormones involved in mineral metabolism emerged as nontraditional risk factors and may affect cardiovascular risk.
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- S Masson
- Department of Cardiovascular Research, IRCCS-Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche "Mario Negri", Milan, Italy
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- Lazio Regional Health Service, Rome, Italy
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- Laboratory of Endocrinology, Ospedale Luigi Sacco, Milan, Italy
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- Lazio Regional Health Service, Rome, Italy
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- Laboratory of Endocrinology, Ospedale Luigi Sacco, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, S. Giovanni-Addolorata Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Lazio Regional Health Service, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, S. Giovanni-Addolorata Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Cardiovascular Research, IRCCS-Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche "Mario Negri", Milan, Italy
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Estimation of the optimum dose of vitamin D for disease prevention in older people: rationale, design and baseline characteristics of the BEST-D trial. Maturitas 2015; 80:426-31. [PMID: 25721698 PMCID: PMC4387549 DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2015.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2014] [Revised: 01/20/2015] [Accepted: 01/27/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The BEST-D (Biochemical Efficacy and Safety Trial of vitamin D) trial will compare the biochemical and other effects of daily dietary supplementation with 100 μg or 50 μg vitamin D3 or placebo, when administered for 12 months, in 305 ambulant community-dwelling older people living in Oxfordshire, England. The primary analyses will compare 12-month mean plasma concentrations of 25(OH)D as well as the proportion of participants with a 12-month concentration >90 nmol/L between participants allocated 100 μg and participants allocated 50 μg daily. Secondary analyses will compare the two active doses (both separately and when combined) with placebo. Additional end-points include biochemical assessments of safety, blood pressure, arterial stiffness, falls, fractures, heel and wrist bone density, grip strength and physical performance and echocardiographic assessments of cardiac function in a random sample of participants. The results of this trial will help determine the optimum dose of vitamin D to test in a larger trial investigating whether vitamin D supplementation can reduce the risk of fractures, cardiovascular disease or cancer.
Background Previous large trials of vitamin D for prevention of fractures and other disease outcomes have reported conflicting results, possibly because the doses tested were insufficient to maintain optimum blood levels of vitamin D (25[OH]D) predicted by the observational studies. This report describes the design and baseline characteristics of the BEST-D (Biochemical Efficacy and Safety Trial of vitamin D) trial which aims to establish the best dose of vitamin D to assess in a future large outcome trial. Methods The BEST-D trial will compare the biochemical and other effects of daily dietary supplementation with 100 μg or 50 μg vitamin D3 or placebo, when administered for 12 months, in 305 ambulant community-dwelling older people living in Oxfordshire, England. The primary analyses will compare 12-month mean plasma concentrations of 25(OH)D as well as the proportion of participants with a 12-month concentration >90 nmol/L between participants allocated 100 μg and participants allocated 50 μg daily. Secondary analyses will compare the two active doses (both separately and when combined) with placebo. Additional end-points include biochemical assessments of safety, blood pressure, arterial stiffness, falls, fractures, heel and wrist bone density, grip strength and physical performance and echocardiographic assessments of cardiac function in a random sample of participants. Results About one-third of eligible participants agreed to participate in the trial. The mean age was 72 (SD 6) years with equal numbers of men and women. About one third reported a prior history of fracture or hypertension, one-fifth reported a prior cardiovascular event, and one tenth reported diabetes or a fall in the previous 6 months. Conclusions The results of this trial will help determine the optimum dose of vitamin D to test in a larger trial investigating whether vitamin D supplementation can reduce the risk of fractures, cardiovascular disease or cancer.
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