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i have an article and questions and I'm struggling ;(
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thus is the article and ill post the question in bit
The objective of the meta-analysis was to determine if calcium supplements with vitamin D increase risk of heart attack, stroke, and sudden death. calcium supplements without vitamin D increase risk of hip fractures. calcium supplements with vitamin D increase risk of hip fractures. calcium supplements without vitamin D increase risk of heart attack, stroke, and sudden death.
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"An important question that arises is whether coadministered calcium and vitamin D affects cardiovascular risk. The Women’s Health Initiative reported no adverse effect of calcium and vitamin D (1 g calcium/400 IU vitamin D daily) on any cardiovascular end point in their large (n=36 282), seven year, randomised, placebo controlled trial.3 4 However, 54% of the participants were taking personal (non-protocol) 1 Department of Medicine, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92 019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand 2 Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, Scotland Correspondence to: I R Reid i.reid@auckland.ac.nz Cite this as: BMJ 2011;342:d2040 doi:10.1136/bmj.d2040 BMJ | ONLINE FIRST | bmj.com page 1 of 9 calcium supplements at randomisation and 47% were taking personal vitamin D supplements, effectively rendering this trial a comparison of higher dose and lower dose calcium and vitamin D for most of the participants."
is this the answer? calcium supplements with vitamin D increase risk of heart attack, stroke, and sudden death.
i think so but im still looking
@Aveline is it right
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