Associations of Dietary Calcium and Phosphorus With Vascular and Valvular Calcification: The ARIC Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

High dietary calcium and phosphorus may accelerate vascular calcification, but epidemiological data are inconsistent. Most of those studies assessed diet at one point and have not been systematically evaluated.

Objectives

The purpose of this study was to assess the associations of dietary calcium and phosphorus intakes in middle age with coronary artery and extra-coronary calcification at older age.

Methods

We studied 1,914 participants from the ARIC (Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities) study (mean age 80.5 years) without coronary heart disease who underwent chest computed tomography scans at visit 7 (2018-2019) and completed a 66-item food frequency questionnaire at 2 earlier visits (visit 1 [1987-1989] and visit 3 [1993-1995]). Dietary calcium and phosph

SUBMITTER: Nohara-Shitama Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11313033 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature