Abstract

VITAMIN D AND HEART HEALTH

Neema Johnson, Sudha M., Jaganathan K.* and Sambathkumar R.

ABSTRACT

Vitamin D deficiency, as well as cardiovascular diseases (CVD) like arrhythmia, angina, heart attack, congestive heart failure, stroke and related risk factors such as diabetes, hypertension, obesity and atherosclerosisare highly prevalent worldwide and frequently co-occur. Vitamin D has long been known to be an essential part of bone metabolism, although recent studies suggests that vitamin D plays a key role in the pathophysiology of other life threatening diseases, including CVD, as well. In this review, we aim to summarize the most recent data on the involvement of vitamin D deficiency in the development of major cardiovascular diseases and its risk factors.

Keywords: Vitamin D, Cardiovascular disease, Parathyroid hormone.