Voedingsadvies El MondoResearch Question:
Increases the swallow calcium supplements (not in combination with vitamin D) chances of getting heart disease?
Study Design:
This overview article contained 11 Rcts with 11920 participants, of which 296 people with a heart infarction. The average study duration was 4 years.
The daily dosage of calcium supplements was 500 mg or higher.
There was no publication bias.
Results and conclusions:
The researchers found that swallowing calcium supplements the chance of getting a heart attack significantly with 27% [95% CI = 1.01-1.59, p = 0.038] increased.
The researchers found no link between taking calcium supplements and getting a stroke.
The researchers concluded that taking calcium supplements (500 mg per day or higher) the chance of getting a heart attack increased. A review of the role of calcium supplements in the management of osteoporosis is justified.
Original title:
Effect or calcium supplements on risk or myocardial infarction and cardiovascular events: meta-analysis by Bolland MJ, Avenell A, [...], Reid IR.
Link:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2912459/
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