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Vitamin D in Cardiovascular Disease.

Alkippi Nitsa, Marina Toutouza, Nikolaos Machairas, Anargyros Mariolis, Anastassios Philippou, Michael Koutsilieris

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Review in In vivo (Athens, Greece). The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
53citing papers in PubMed
7.8field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

53 citing papers in PubMed, 108 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Alkippi NitsaDepartment of Physiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Marina ToutouzaBiochemistry & Microbiology Laboratory, Hipokrateion Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Nikolaos MachairasDepartment of Physiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Anargyros MariolisHealth Center, National Health System, Areopolis, Greece.
Anastassios PhilippouDepartment of Physiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Michael KoutsilierisDepartment of Physiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece mkoutsil@med.uoa.gr.
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRHippocration General Hospital · GRNational Public Health Organization · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cardiovascular disease is the prevalent cause of morbidity and mortality in the world, affecting many millions of individuals every year. Atherosclerosis, a chronic inflammatory condition that involves different cell types, several cytokines and adhesion molecules, is the underlying cause of cardiovascular disease. Vitamin D is known to control skeletal patho/physiology, regulating calcium and phosphorus and bone remodeling along with other calcium-regulating hormones. However, several active metabolites of vitamin D can exert both direct action, mainly via vitamin D

Indexed as

AnimalsAtherosclerosisBiosynthetic PathwaysCardiovascular DiseasesHumansReceptors, CalcitriolSignal TransductionVitamin DVitamin D DeficiencyReceptors, CalcitriolVitamin DAtherosclerosiscardiovascular diseasematrix metalloproteinasesreviewvitamin Dvitamin D receptor

Identifiers

PMID30150419
PMCPMC6199603
OpenAlexW2888902236

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