Association between dietary vitamin C and abdominal aortic calcification among the US adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality, and vascular calcification has been highly correlated with CVD events. Abdominal aortic calcification (AAC) has been shown to predict subclinical CVD and incident CVD events. However, the relationship between vitamin C and abdominal aortic calcification remains unclear.

Objective

To investigate the relationship of dietary vitamin C with AAC among the adult population in the US.

Methods

The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2013-2014 provided the data for the cross-sectional study. 2297 subjects (1089 males) were included in the study. Two scoring systems, AAC 24-point scale (Kauppila) and AAC 8-point scale (Schousboe), were used for the measurement of AAC score. Dietary

SUBMITTER: Jia J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10647183 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature