Vitamin D intake and risk of cardiovascular disease in US men and women.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although studies have linked vitamin D deficiency to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), evidence regarding whether vitamin D intake from foods or supplements is prospectively associated with lower CVD risk in healthy humans is limited and inconclusive.

Objective

The objective was to comprehensively evaluate the associations between both dietary and supplemental vitamin D and CVD risk.

Design

In the Nurses' Health Study (1984-2006) and the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study (1986-2006)-consisting of 74,272 women and 44,592 men, respectively, who were free of CVD and cancer at baseline-we prospectively examined the association between vitamin D intake and incident CVD.

Results

Over a total of 2,280,324 person-years of follow-up, we id

SUBMITTER: Sun Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3142728 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature