The Effect of Short Term Vitamin D Supplementation on the Inflammatory and Oxidative Mediators of Arterial Stiffness
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=47420#.VMirVyzQrzE Author(s) David Martins , Yuan-Xiang Meng , Naureen Tareen , Jorge Artaza , Jae Eun Lee , Caroline Farodolu , Gary Gibbons , Keith Norris Affiliation(s) Charles R. Drew University, Los Angeles, USA . Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, USA . Charles R. Drew University, Los Angeles, USA . Charles R. Drew University, Los Angeles, USA . Jackson State University, Jackson, USA . Charles R. Drew University, Los Angeles, USA . National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, USA . University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA . ABSTRACT Background: Vitamin D deficiency has been implicated as a potential risk factor for cardiovascular disease. The high rate of vitamin D deficiency (<30 ng/ml) exhibited by African Americans may account for some of the excess prevalence of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in this v...