Table 2.
Author | Intervention | Number (n) | Age (years) | Male (%) | LVEF (%) | NYHA class II (%) | NYHA class III (%) | NYHA class IV (%) | LVEDD (mm) | 25(OH)D (ng/mL) | Ischaemic cause (%) | Hypertension (%) |
Diabetes (%) |
Turrini et al 26 | Vitamin D | 17 | 77±7 | 35.3 | 54.7±13.8 | 64.7 | 35.3 | 0 | 51±1.58 | 9.4±5.2 | 41.2 | 64.7 | 35.3 |
Placebo | 16 | 79±7 | 43.8 | 49.2±19.1 | 68.7 | 21.3 | 0 | 54±3.48 | 9.6±7.3 | 43.7 | 43.7 | 18.7 | |
Witte et al 30 | Vitamin D | 80 | 68.5±12.45 | 83.8 | 25.6±10.80 | 92.5 | 7.5 | 0 | 57.6±8.62 | 38.2±24.81 | 55.0 | NR | 21.3 |
Placebo | 83 | 69.0±13.78 | 74.7 | 26.5±10.62 | 85.5 | 14.5 | 0 | 58.0±6.49 | 36.4±20.24 | 60.2 | NR | 24.1 | |
Qu et al 31 | Vitamin D | 22 | 70±7 | 59.3 | 34.9±3.8 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 66.7 | 81.5 |
Blank | 17 | 69±8 | 51.8 | 34.6±3.9 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 63.0 | 85.2 | |
Dalbeni et al 27 | Vitamin D | 13 | 71.2±6.22 | 84.6 | 39.08±8.00 | 58.8* | 50.0† | 53.9±6.81 | 16.2±6.59 | 76.9 | 100 | NR | |
Placebo | 10 | 73.4±13.78 | 60.0 | 43.6±7.63 | 41.2* | 50.0† | 50.6±7.04 | 16.0±6.15 | 90 | 100 | NR | ||
Boxer et al 32 | Vitamin D | 19 | 65.8±10.6 | 48.4 | 39.2±13.2 | 55.0 | 73.0 | 0 | NR | 19.1±9.3 | 25.8 | 83.0 | 51.6 |
Placebo | 15 | 66.0±10.4 | 54.5 | 36.1±14.5 | 45.0 | 27.0 | 0 | NR | 17.8±9.0 | 30.3 | 84.8 | 42.4 | |
Shedeed29 | Vitamin D | 42 | 0.86±1.3 | 64.29 | 36.4±2.26 | NR | NR | NR | 32.81±4.6 | 13.4±2.21 | NR | NR | NR |
Placebo | 38 | 0.93±1.0 | 57.89 | 37.2±2.62 | NR | NR | NR | 30.7±5.2 | 14.0±2.46 | NR | NR | NR | |
Schleithoff et al 28 | Vitamin D+calcium | 42 | 57±7.41 | 85.25 | 32.5±8.67 | NR | NR | NR | 69.0±8.89 | 14.4±7.85 | 47 | 38 | 20 |
Placebo+calcium | 51 | 54±8.89 | 80.65 | 33.0±7.56 | NR | NR | NR | 69.0±9.26 | 15.3±7.48 | 40 | 32 | 23 |
*I and II.
†III and IV.
25(OH)D, 25-hydroxyvitamin D; LVEDD, left ventricular end-diastolic dimension; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; NR, not reported; NYHA, New York Heart Association.