Context:The importance of vitamin D for bone health has long been acknowledged. Recent evidence suggests that vitamin D can also play a role in reducing the risk of several other diseases, including cardiovascular disease.Objective:The aim of this study is to test the hypothesis that 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OH D) is an independent cross-sectional correlate of central arterial stiffness in a normative aging study population.Design and Settings:We conducted a cross-sectional analysis.Subjects:We studied 1228 healthy volunteers (50% males; age, 70 ± 12 yr) of the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging.Main Outcome Measures:We measured carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (PWV) and 25-OH D levels.Results:We found a significant inverse association between PWV and 25-OH D levels (adjusted r(2) = 0.27; β = -0.43; P = 0.001). After adjusting for age, gender, ethnicity, season of blood draw, estimated glomerular filtration rate, physical activity level, cardiovascular risk factors score (smoking, visceral obesity, hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, and diabetes), calcium/vitamin D supplementation, serum calcium, and PTH levels, the association between PWV and 25-OH D levels was only slightly reduced and remained statistically significant (adjusted r(2) = 0.34; β = -0.34; P = 0.04).Conclusions:Vitamin D levels are inversely associated with increased arterial stiffness in a normative aging population, irrespective of traditional risk factor burden. Further research is needed to understand the mechanism of this association and to test the hypothesis that vitamin D supplementation can reduce arterial stiffness

Arterial Stiffness and Vitamin D Levels: the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging / F., Giallauria; Y., Milaneschi; T., Tanaka; Maggio, Marcello Giuseppe; M., Canepa; P., Elango; C., Vigorito; Lakatta, E. G.; L., Ferrucci; J., Strait. - In: THE JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM. - ISSN 0021-972X. - 97:10(2012), pp. 3717-3723. [10.1210/jc.2012-1584]

Arterial Stiffness and Vitamin D Levels: the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging

MAGGIO, Marcello Giuseppe;
2012-01-01

Abstract

Context:The importance of vitamin D for bone health has long been acknowledged. Recent evidence suggests that vitamin D can also play a role in reducing the risk of several other diseases, including cardiovascular disease.Objective:The aim of this study is to test the hypothesis that 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OH D) is an independent cross-sectional correlate of central arterial stiffness in a normative aging study population.Design and Settings:We conducted a cross-sectional analysis.Subjects:We studied 1228 healthy volunteers (50% males; age, 70 ± 12 yr) of the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging.Main Outcome Measures:We measured carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (PWV) and 25-OH D levels.Results:We found a significant inverse association between PWV and 25-OH D levels (adjusted r(2) = 0.27; β = -0.43; P = 0.001). After adjusting for age, gender, ethnicity, season of blood draw, estimated glomerular filtration rate, physical activity level, cardiovascular risk factors score (smoking, visceral obesity, hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, and diabetes), calcium/vitamin D supplementation, serum calcium, and PTH levels, the association between PWV and 25-OH D levels was only slightly reduced and remained statistically significant (adjusted r(2) = 0.34; β = -0.34; P = 0.04).Conclusions:Vitamin D levels are inversely associated with increased arterial stiffness in a normative aging population, irrespective of traditional risk factor burden. Further research is needed to understand the mechanism of this association and to test the hypothesis that vitamin D supplementation can reduce arterial stiffness
2012
Arterial Stiffness and Vitamin D Levels: the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging / F., Giallauria; Y., Milaneschi; T., Tanaka; Maggio, Marcello Giuseppe; M., Canepa; P., Elango; C., Vigorito; Lakatta, E. G.; L., Ferrucci; J., Strait. - In: THE JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM. - ISSN 0021-972X. - 97:10(2012), pp. 3717-3723. [10.1210/jc.2012-1584]
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