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
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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