Vitamin K Intake and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in the Danish Diet Cancer and Health Study.

ABSTRACT: Background Dietary vitamin K (K₁ and K₂) may reduce atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk via several mechanisms. However, studies linking vitamin K intake with incident ASCVD are limited. We aimed to determine the relationship between dietary vitamin K intake and ASCVD hospitalizations. Methods and Results In this prospective cohort study, participants from the Danish Diet, Cancer, and Health Study, with no prior ASCVD, completed a food-frequency questionnaire at baseline and were followed up for hospital admissions of ASCVD; ischemic heart disease, ischemic stroke, or peripheral artery disease. Intakes of vitamin K₁ and vitamin K₂ were estimated from the food-frequency questionnaire, and their relationship with ASCVD hospitalizati

SUBMITTER: Bellinge JW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8475061 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature