Table 1.
Recent association studies demonstrating a significant inverse correlation between the serum 25D level and an increase in components of the human metabolic syndrome
| Mortality causes | First author | Year | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| All causes | Melamed | 2008 | Arch Intern Med 168:1629 |
| Dobnig | 2008 | Arch Intern Med 168:1340 | |
| Cardiovascular disease | Kim | 2008 | Am J Cardiol 102:1540 (34) |
| Wang | 2008 | Circulation 117:503 | |
| Kendrick | 2009 | Atherosclerosis 205:255 | |
| Hypertension | Judd | 2008 | Am J Clin Nutr 87:136 |
| BMI | Looker | 2008 | Am J Clin Nutr 88:1519 (14) |
| Insulin resistance | Liu | 2009 | J Nutr 139:329 |
| Wu | 2009 | J Nutr 139:547 |