Vitamin D status and mortality in chronic kidney disease

2011102 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Stefan Pilz · Medical University of Graz

A. Tomaschitz · Medical University of Graz

Claudia Friedl · Medical University of Graz

Karin Amrein · Medical University of Graz

C. Drechsler · Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1

E. Ritz · Heidelberg University

B. O. Boehm ·

Abstract

Low 25(OH)D levels are associated with increased all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in CKD patients. These findings support suggestions to correct vitamin D deficiency, but whether vitamin D supplementation improves survival remains to be proven in randomized controlled trials.

Topics & Keywords

Vitamin D Research Studies Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments Bone health and osteoporosis research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volume 26, Issue 11, pp. 3603-3609

DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfr076

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