Context Clinical practice guidelines on the management of mineral and bone disorders due
to chronic kidney disease recommend specific treatment target levels for serum phosphorus …

Cardiometabolic disorders and vitamin D deficiency are becoming increasingly more
prevalent across multiple populations. Different studies have suggested a potential …

Background Low plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25 [OH] D) concentration is associated with
high arterial blood pressure and hypertension risk, but whether this association is causal is …

Masafumi Fukagawa, 1 Keitaro Yokoyama, 1 Fumihiko Koiwa, 1 Masatomo Taniguchi, 1
Tetsuo Shoji, 1 Junichiro James Kazama, 1 Hirotaka Komaba, 1 Ryoichi Ando, 1 Takatoshi …

Objectives Increasing evidence indicates that vitamin D may influence the risk of
hypertension, which is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. We conducted a meta …

The term uraemic cardiomyopathy refers to the cardiac abnormalities that are seen in
patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Historically, this term was used to describe a …

Results Twenty-two studies (17 observational and 5 RCTs) were included. There was a
significant improvement in 25-hydroxyvitamin D (MD 24.1 ng/ml, 95% CI 19.6 to 28.6) and …

BACKGROUND: Vitamin D deficiency, assessed as low 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25 [OH] D)
level, is highly prevalent in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and is associated …

Aims Dialysis patients experience an excess mortality, predominantly of sudden cardiac
death (SCD). Accumulating evidence suggests a role of vitamin D for myocardial and overall …

Abstract Approximately 30%-50% of people are recognized to have low levels of vitamin D,
and insufficiency and deficiency of vitamin D are recognized as global health problems …