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High vitamin K status is prospectively associated with decreased left ventricular mass in women: the Hoorn Study
BACKGROUND: Vitamin K is associated with reduced cardiovascular disease risk such as heart failure, possibly by carboxylation of matrix-gla protein (MGP), a potent inhibitor of vascular calcification. The relationship of vitamin K intake or status with cardiac structure and function is largely unkno...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8524956/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34666769 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12937-021-00742-0 |