Vitamin D deficiency is an independent predictor of mortality in patients with chronic heart failure
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Richard M Cubbon; John Gierula; Judith E. Lowry; Klaus K. Witte; Rowena Byrom; Maria F. Paton; Lorraine C Kearney; Mark T. Kearney; Julian H. Barth; Michael Drozd; Marlous Hall
- Source
- European Journal of Nutrition
- Subject
- 0301 basic medicine
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment
Medicine (miscellaneous)
030209 endocrinology & metabolism
Comorbidity
vitamin D deficiency
Cohort Studies
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Sex Factors
Diabetes mellitus
Internal medicine
Heart rate
Vitamin D and neurology
Prevalence
Medicine
Humans
Prospective Studies
Vitamin D
Mortality
Aged
Heart Failure
030109 nutrition & dietetics
Nutrition and Dietetics
business.industry
Original Contribution
medicine.disease
Vitamin D Deficiency
Confidence interval
Chronic heart failure
3. Good health
England
Heart failure
Ambulatory
Chronic Disease
Cardiology
Female
Diuretic
business
Follow-Up Studies
- Language
- ISSN
- 1436-6215
Purpose Low 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) concentrations have been associated with adverse outcomes in selected populations with established chronic heart failure (CHF). However, it remains unclear whether 25[OH]D deficiency is associated with mortality and hospitalisation in unselected patients receiving contemporary medical and device therapy for CHF. Methods We prospectively examined the prevalence and correlates of 25[OH]D deficiency in 1802 ambulatory patients with CHF due to left ventricular systolic dysfunction (left ventricular ejection fraction ≤ 45%) attending heart failure clinics in the north of England. Results 73% of patients were deficient in 25[OH]D (