title: [Vitamin D and cardiovascular disease: epidemiological aspects].
abstract: The quasi-ubiquitous distribution of vitamin D receptors in the human tissues and the high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency worldwide have generated much enthusiasm about the opportunity of cardiovascular disease prevention through vitamin D supplementation. However, reported associations between vitamin D and cardiovascular disease present important limitations and are prone to confounding and reverse causation. Results from ongoing randomized clinical trials testing the efficacy of vitamin D supplementation to reduce cardiovascular events will not be available before year 2015. This article reviews the epidemiology of vitamin D and provides a brief overview on the relationship between vitamin D and cardiovascular disease.
authors.affiliation: Unité de prévention communautaire, Institut de médecine sociale et préventive, CHUV, Lausanne. idris.guessous@hcuge.ch
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Guessous
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bochud
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D019587:Dietary Supplements; D006801:Humans; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000097:blood / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000453:epidemiology*
chemical_list: D014807:Vitamin D