Vitamin K2 supplementation and the progression of abdominal aortic calcification in dialysis patients

Vitamin K2 supplementation and the progression of abdominal aortic calcification in dialysis patients

Objectives: Vascular calcification is common in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) and contributes to cardiovascular disease. Accumulating evidence indicates that CKD patients often acquire subclinical vitamin K deficiency, which is associated with vascular calcification. Methods...

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Main Authors: Shoya Oyama, Naoki Okamoto, Shigehisa Koide, Hiroki Hayashi, Shigeru Nakai, Kazuo Takahashi, Daijo Inaguma, Midori Hasegawa, Hiroshi Toyama, Satoshi Sugiyama, Yukio Yuzawa, Naotake Tsuboi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fujita Medical Society 2021-11-01
Series:Fujita Medical Journal
Subjects:
vitamin k
aortic abdominal calcification
dialysis
randomized control trial
agatston score
Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/fmj/7/4/7_2020-020/_pdf/-char/en

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