Interactions of serum ferritin with traditional cardiovascular risk factors
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The conclusions of A. Oshaug, K.H. Bugge, C.H. Bjonnes, B. Borch-Iohnsen and I.-L. Neslein on the association between serum ferritin and cardiovascular disease are incomplete. Oshaug et al suggest that a link cannot be shown between serum ferritin and cardiovascular disease because serum ferritin is associated with other risk factors for the disease. However, the association with stored iron may also affect the findings for the established risk factors. Potential interactions among stored iron and the established risk factors should also be considered. For example, stored iron is more likely to affect blood pressure than the reverse.
Publication Name: European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-3007
Year: 1996
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Effect of winter oral vitamin D3 supplementation on cardiovascular risk factors in elderly adults
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The winter increase in blood pressure or serum cholesterol does not seem to be caused by decreased vitamin D levels. This conclusion is suggested by the inability of vitamin D supplementation to alter these cardiovascular risk factors. A randomized double-blind study was conducted with 189 elderly subjects. After a baseline assessment, a single oral dose of cholecalciferol was administered to 95 participants, while the rest received a placebo. A follow-up evaluation was conducted five weeks later to determine changes in serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D, parathyroid hormone, serum calcium, blood pressure, cholesterol and pulse rate.
Publication Name: European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-3007
Year: 1995
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Vitamin D prophylaxis in children with a single dose of 150,000 IU of vitamin D
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A single oral dose of 150,000 IU of vitamin D can sustain sufficient 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25 OHD) levels in children during winter, without inducing hypercalcemia or hypercalciuria. Serum 25 OHD levels at the end of winter, after vitamin D administration, are similar to those at the onset of autumn. These winter levels of 25 OHD are higher than the winter levels obtained without vitamin D administration. The vitamin D dose reduces winter increment of parathyroid hormone (PTH), but maintains PTH levels higher than that for autumn.
Publication Name: European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-3007
Year: 1996
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