Title of article
Correlation between vitamin D level and coronary artery calcification
Author/Authors
Sajjadieh, Hamidreza Department of Internal Medicine - Isfahan University of Medical Science, Isfahan, Iran , Sajjadieh, Amirreza Department of Internal Medicine - Isfahan University of Medical Science, Isfahan, Iran , Kasaei Koopaei, Zahra Department of Pathology - Isfahan University of Medical Science, Isfahan, Iran , Oveisgharan, Shahram Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center - Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
Pages
3
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1
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3
Abstract
Background: Considering the role of Vitamin D in cardiovascular disease (CVD) and the relationship between coronary artery
calcification (CAC) and CVD, we aimed to investigate the association between the serum level of Vitamin D and CAC. Materials
and Methods: This was a cross‑sectional study on 67 consecutive patients who were referred for performing computed tomography
angiography. We used Spearman correlation to evaluate the relationship between Vitamin D and CAC and then linear regressions to
control for demographics and vascular risk factors. Results: There was no association between CAC and Vitamin D levels (Spearman
coefficient = −0.03, P = 0.805). After controlling for age, sex, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes mellitus, and smoking, there
was still no association between Vitamin D and CAC score (estimate = 0.001, S. E. = 0.020, P = 0.942). Conclusion: We did not find
the association between the serum level of Vitamin D and coronary artery calcification.
Keywords
Vitamin D , vascular calcification , coronary artery diseases , computed tomography angiography , Atherosclerosis
Journal title
Journal of Research in Medical Sciences
Serial Year
2020
Record number
2521586
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