Vitamin D Supplements and Prevention of Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease

This article reports the vitamin D portion of a randomized, two-by-two factorial trial of n−3 fatty acids and vitamin D in the prevention of cancer and cardiovascular disease. Vitamin D did not result in a lower incidence of invasive cancer or cardiovascular events than placebo.

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Published in:	The New England journal of medicine Vol. 380; no. 1; pp. 33 - 44
Main Authors:	Manson, JoAnn E, Cook, Nancy R, Lee, I-Min, Christen, William, Bassuk, Shari S, Mora, Samia, Gibson, Heike, Gordon, David, Copeland, Trisha, D’Agostino, Denise, Friedenberg, Georgina, Ridge, Claire, Bubes, Vadim, Giovannucci, Edward L, Willett, Walter C, Buring, Julie E
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Massachusetts Medical Society 03.01.2019
Subjects:	Aged Breast cancer Cancer Cardiovascular disease Cardiovascular diseases Cardiovascular Diseases - epidemiology Cardiovascular Diseases - mortality Cardiovascular Diseases - prevention & control Cerebral infarction Colorectal cancer Colorectal carcinoma Death Diabetes Dietary Supplements Disease prevention Double-Blind Method Drug dosages Fatty acids FDA approval Female Follow-Up Studies Humans Hypercalcemia Incidence Invasiveness Male Middle Aged Myocardial infarction Neoplasms - epidemiology Neoplasms - mortality Neoplasms - prevention & control Omega-3 fatty acids Prostate cancer Questionnaires Supplements Treatment Failure Vitamin D Vitamin D - adverse effects Vitamin D - analogs & derivatives Vitamin D - therapeutic use Vitamin D3 Vitamins - adverse effects Vitamins - therapeutic use Womens health United States > US
ISSN:	0028-4793, 1533-4406, 1533-4406
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