Paper presented at the American Heart Association

no evidence of change across multiple surrogate end points, including

• endothelial function,

• arterial stiffness,

• C-reactive protein (CRP) levels, and

• blood pressure

Actually would have been surprising if they found any benefit with less than 3,500 IU

See also VitaminDWiki

• Overview Cardiovascular and vitamin D
  • 147 Cardiovascular and vitamin D intervention studies (that is, give vitamin D and see what happens) - as of Feb 2011

• All items in category Cardiovascular and vitamin D 142 items as of Nov 2011

• Heart patients 10 percent more likely to die for every 4 ng less vitamin D – May 2011

• Lack of vitamin D associated with many cadiovascular problems – May 2011

• 96 percent of heart failure patients had less than 30 ng of vitamin D – March 2011

• Hypertension and vitamin D many papers

• 11 ng less vitamin D increases hypertension probability by 14 percent – Nov 2010

• 30 ng perhaps best for cardio - graphs from many countries - 2011.pdf