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Vitamin D Deficiency and Heart Health: A Narrative Review
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Journal of Nutrition Research

DOI: 10.55289/jnutres/v11i2_23.16

Year: 2023, Volume: 11, Issue: 2, Pages: 47-52

Review Article

Vitamin D Deficiency and Heart Health: A Narrative Review

Nour Shaheen 1 , Abdelraouf Ramadan 2 , Meet A Patel 3 , Kinna Parikh 4 , Vasu Gupta ​✉ 5 , Sunita Kumawat 6 , Fatima Labieb 7 , Puneetraj Kaur 8 , Puja Patel 9 , Nazar Mohammad 10 , F N U Anamika 11 , Talha Mahmood 12 , Sachin Gupta 10 , Rohit Jain 10

1 Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
2 Faculty of Medicine, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt
3 Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
4 GMERS Medical College, Gandhinagar, India
5 Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana, India
6 Index Medical College Hospital & Research Center, Indore, India
7 Faculty of Medicine, Beni Suef University, Beni Suef, Egypt
8 M.D. Candidate, Avalon University School of Medicine, Willemstad, Curaçao
9 Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, USA
10 Department of Internal Medicine, Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA
11 University College of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
12 Florida International University, USA

Corresponding author ✉: [email protected]


Received Date:06 June 2023, Accepted Date:04 July 2023, Published Date:11 August 2023

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Abstract

Vitamin D deficiency has developed into a global issue, impacting an estimated one billion people worldwide. Lack of sunlight exposure is the major cause of vitamin D deficiency, as very few foods contain natural vitamin D. Several epidemiological and random clinical trials have reported a close association between low vitamin D levels and cardiovascular disease development. This paper aims to discuss vitamin D deficiency and its role in developing cardiovascular disease. Vitamin D is an essential fat-soluble vitamin which plays an important role in skeletal maturation. Vitamin D deficiency is highly prevalent globally and is linked to a spectrum of cardiovascular disorders and is thought to promote atherogenesis. We have done a thorough review of the literature using a Pubmed search. Different keywords like vitamin D deficiency, cardiovascular diseases, coronary artery disease, atherosclerosis, heart failure were used to write the review. Here we report according to current evidence, vitamin D deficiency is associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular diseases. However, further study is necessary to evaluate whether vitamin D supplementation has a beneficial effect on cardiovascular outcomes.

Keywords: Vitamin D deficiency, Cardiovascular diseases, Cholecalciferol, Coronary heart disease, Heart failure

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  • 11 August 2023

Year: 2023, Volume: 11, Issue: 2


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