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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)
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Background: The relevance of vitamin D for prevention of cardiovascular disease is uncertain. The BEST-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: Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of 305 older people living in UK, allocated vitamin D 4000 IU (100 μg), vitamin D ... Expand abstract
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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BHF Centre of Research Excellence, Oxford
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Clinical Trial Service Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- American Heart Association Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Journal of the American Heart Association Journal website
- Volume:
- 6
- Issue:
- 10
- Article number:
- e005707
- Publication date:
- 2017-10-24
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-08-09
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- ISSN:
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2047-9980
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pubs:734872
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- pubs:734872
- Deposit date:
- 2017-10-10
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- Tomson et al
- Copyright date:
- 2017
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Copyright © 2017 The Authors. Published on behalf of the American Heart Association, Inc., by Wiley.
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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