Science Based Nutrition

December 2, 2009

Heart failure linked to gene variant affecting vitamin D activation

Filed under: Main Content — Tags: , , , , , , — ScienceDaily: Vitamin News @ 12:00 am
Previous studies have shown a link between low vitamin D status and heart disease. Now a new study shows that patients with high blood pressure who possess a gene variant that affects an enzyme critical to normal vitamin D activation are twice as likely as those without the variant to have congestive heart failure.

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