Showing posts with label cardio. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cardio. Show all posts
Sunday, May 29, 2011
EvidenceUpdates + professional commentaries (numerous): Calcium supplements with or without vitamin D and risk of cardiovascular events: reanalysis of the Women`s Health Initiative limited access dataset and meta-analysis
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the effects of personal calcium supplement use on cardiovascular risk in the Women`s Health Initiative Calcium/Vitamin D Supplementation Study (WHI CaD Study), using the WHI dataset, and to update the recent meta-analysis of calcium supplements and cardiovascular risk.
DESIGN: Reanalysis of WHI CaD Study limited access dataset and incorporation in meta-analysis with eight other studies.........
Conclusions: Calcium supplements with or without vitamin D modestly increase the risk of cardiovascular events, especially myocardial infarction, a finding obscured in the WHI CaD Study by the widespread use of personal calcium supplements. A reassessment of the role of calcium supplements in osteoporosis management is warranted.
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