Effect of vitamin D supplementation on endothelial dysfunction in hemodialysis patients.
Hemodial Int. 2017 Jan;21(1):97-106. doi: 10.1111/hdi.12439. Epub 2016 Jun 29.
- Hemodialysis and Vitamin D - many studies 38 studies as of Jan 2023
- 4X more Chronic Kidney disease patients are now using vitamin D – March 2014
- Adding Vitamin decreased kidney deaths by 4x – Dec 2010
- It is amazing that such excellent results were buried in the paper. They were not in the title nor abstract.
- This is the result of about 10 trials with about 5,000 kidney disease patients.
- Note: some of the trials were terminated as they felt it morally wrong to not give vitamin D to all of the Kidney patients
Kidney category starts with
Overview Kidney and vitamin D contains the following summary
- FACT: The Kidneys are not the primary way to activate vitamin D; the tissues are
- FACT: When the Kidney has problems, there is less active vitamin D (Calcitriol) for the body
- FACT: When the Kidney has problems, there is increased death due to many factors - many of which are associated with lack of Calcitriol
- FACT: There are many ongoing intervention clinical trials trying to determine how much of what kind of vitamin D is needed to treat the problem
- FACT: One Randomized Controlled Trial has proven that Vitamin D treats CKD
- FACT: 38% of seniors have Chronic Kidney Disease and most are unaware of it CDC statistics 2020
- FACT: Taking extra Vitamin D, in various forms, does not cause health problems - even if poor kidney
- Suggestion: Increase vitamin D getting into body now - and increase co-factors so that the vitamin D can be better used
Sun, UV lamp, Vitamin D supplement - probably > 5,000 IU,
Nanoemulstion vitamin D (inside cheek, topically) gets activated Vitamin D to the cells without the need for healthy kidney, liver, or intestine
Calcitriol - which bypasses the need for the kidney to activate vitamin D
Problems with Calcitriol however: typically only lasts for a few hours, also, possible complications
Update: Pre-cursor of active vitamin D made from plants is better than calcitriol – Sept 2012 - Category Kidney and Vitamin D contains
228 items Download the PDF from VitaminDWiki
Karakas Y1, Sahin G2, Urfali FE3, Bal C4, Degirmenci NA3, Sirmagul B5.
1 Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Institute, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
2 Department of Nephrology, School of Medicine, Osmangazi University, Eskisehir, Turkey.
3 Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Osmangazi University, Eskisehir, Turkey.
4 Department of Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Osmangazi University, Eskisehir, Turkey.
5 Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Osmangazi University, Eskisehir, Turkey.% Flow-mediated dilatation (% increase in arterial diameter)
black = after 50,000 IU weekly
INTRODUCTION:
Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) commonly experience 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (25-OH-D3) deficiency, and these patients have a higher incidence of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) due to endothelial dysfunction (ED). The aim of our study was to investigate the effect of 25-OH-D3 deficiency and its supplementation on ED in patients with CKD.METHODS:
Twenty-nine uremic patients on dialysis and 20 healthy controls were evaluated for ED by high-resolution Doppler ultrasonography of the brachial artery. In addition, 25-OH-D3-deficient patients (25-OH-D3 < 30 nmol/L) with CKD and healthy controls were evaluated for ED before and after 8 weeks of oral vitamin D (cholecalciferol, 50,000 units) treatment. All subjects were evaluated for percent flow-mediated dilatation (%FMD), percent endothelium-independent nitroglycerin-induced vasodilatation (%NID), and bilateral carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT).FINDINGS:
Patients on dialysis had lower %FMD and %NID 6.11 [2.27-12.74] and 10.96 [5.43-16.4], respectively, than controls 15.84 [8.19-22.49] and 21.74 [12.49-29.4], respectively (P < 0.05). Patients on dialysis had higher left and right CIMT (0.79 ± 0.15 and 0.78 ± 0.14, respectively) than controls (0.60 ± 0.09 and 0.59 ± 0.09, respectively; P < 0.05). In 25-OH-D3-deficient patients with CKD, after vitamin D treatment, %FMD was significantly increased in dialysis patients (10.25 7.8-12.8) compared to before supplementation (5.4 [2.77-6.15]; P < 0.001).DISCUSSION:
These results indicated that dialysis patients had significantly lower blood 25-OH-D3 levels and higher CIMT than healthy subjects. In addition, vitamin D supplementation improved ED and increased %FMD in dialysis patients. Our findings suggest that vitamin D supplementation in dialysis patients might prevent CKD.Hemodialysis patients (CKD) helped by weekly 50,000 IU of vitamin D – Jan 2017Printer Friendly Follow this page for updates7515 visitors, last modified 20 Jan, 2023, This page is in the following categories (# of items in each category)