Concerns over cardiovascular safety of calcium supplementation
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Calcium supplementation in healthy, postmenopausal women acutely elevates serum calcium levels, and increases the HDL:LDL cholesterol ratio. Evidence exists that a high calcium intake might also reduce cardiovascular event rates. Bolland and colleagues accordingly investigated whether calcium supplementation influenced myocardial infarction, stroke, and sudden death rates in a preplanned secondary analysis of data from the Auckland calcium study (a randomized, controlled trial designed primarily to assess the effects of calcium supplementation on bone density and fracture incidence).
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