Low Vitamin D Levels Predict Stroke in Patients Referred to Coronary Angiography

• Published in: Stroke (1970) Vol. 39; no. 9; pp. 2611 - 2613
• Main Authors: Pilz, Stefan, Dobnig, Harald, Fischer, Joachim E., Wellnitz, Britta, Seelhorst, Ursula, Boehm, Bernhard O., März, Winfried
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hagerstown, MD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 01.09.2008
• Subjects: Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Cerebral Arteries - metabolism; Cerebral Arteries - physiopathology; Cohort Studies; Comorbidity; Coronary Angiography; Coronary Artery Disease - blood; Coronary Artery Disease - epidemiology; Coronary Artery Disease - physiopathology; Dietary Supplements - standards; Female; Headache. Facial pains. Syncopes. Epilepsia. Intracranial hypertension. Brain oedema. Cerebral palsy; Humans; Incidence; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Mortality; Multivariate Analysis; Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes); Neurology; Prospective Studies; Regression Analysis; Stroke - blood; Stroke - mortality; Stroke - physiopathology; Vascular diseases and vascular malformations of the nervous system; Vitamin D - blood; Vitamin D - pharmacology; Vitamin D - therapeutic use; Vitamin D Deficiency - blood; Vitamin D Deficiency - epidemiology; Vitamin D Deficiency - physiopathology; Vascular disease; Human; Stroke; Nervous system diseases; Vitamin D; vitamins; Central nervous system disease; Cardiovascular disease; Coronary arteriography; Epidemiology; Cerebrovascular disease; Cerebral disorder

Background and Purpose— Vitamin D deficiency is common among the elderly and may contribute to cerebrovascular diseases. We aimed to elucidate whether low vitamin D levels are predictive for fatal stroke. Methods— The LUdwigshafen RIsk and Cardiovascular Health (LURIC) study includes 3316 patients w...