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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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Autores principales: Beulens, Joline W. J., Canto, Elisa Dal, Stehouwer, Coen D. A., Rennenberg, Roger J. M. W., Elders, Petra J. M., van Ballegooijen, Adriana Johanne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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