Impact of Vitamin D Deficiency on Subclinical Carotid Atherosclerosis: A Pooled Analysis of Cohort Studies
Author(s) -
Roberta Lupoli,
Andrea Vaccaro,
Pasquale Ambrosino,
Paolo Poggio,
Manuela Amato,
Matteo Nicola Dario Di Minno
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2017-00342
Subject(s) - medicine , vitamin d deficiency , odds ratio , subclinical infection , vitamin d and neurology , confidence interval , common carotid artery , gastroenterology , intima media thickness , endocrinology , cholesterol , carotid arteries
Vitamin D deficiency patients have an increased cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality. Carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) and carotid plaques are markers of subclinical atherosclerosis and predictors of CV events.
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