{"id":2237,"date":"2010-07-31T10:08:30","date_gmt":"2010-07-31T14:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/?p=2237"},"modified":"2011-07-19T17:44:54","modified_gmt":"2011-07-19T21:44:54","slug":"calcium-supplements-linked-to-increase-in-cv-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/2010\/07\/31\/calcium-supplements-linked-to-increase-in-cv-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Calcium Supplements Linked to Increase in CV Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>People who take calcium supplements may be at increased risk for cardiovascular events, according to<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/cgi\/content\/abstract\/341\/jul29_1\/c3691\"> a meta-analysis published in the <\/a><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/cgi\/content\/abstract\/341\/jul29_1\/c3691\">British Medical Journal<\/a><\/em>. Mark Bolland and colleagues analyzed data from 15 randomized, placebo-controlled trials and found a significant increase in the risk of MI in subjects who received calcium supplements. The authors concluded that &#8220;although the magnitude of the increase in risk is modest, the widespread use of calcium supplements means that even a small increase in incidence of cardiovascular disease could translate into a large burden of disease in the population.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/cgi\/content\/full\/341\/jul29_1\/c3856\">an accompanying editorial<\/a>, John Cleland and colleagues conclude that &#8220;patients with osteoporosis should generally not be treated with calcium supplements, either alone or combined with vitamin D, unless they are also receiving an effective treatment for osteoporosis for a recognised indication.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People who take calcium supplements may be at increased risk for cardiovascular events, according to a meta-analysis published in the British Medical Journal. Mark Bolland and colleagues analyzed data from 15 randomized, placebo-controlled trials and found a significant increase in the risk of MI in subjects who received calcium supplements. The authors concluded that &#8220;although [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,7],"tags":[243,244,245],"class_list":["post-2237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-prevention","tag-calcium-supplements","tag-cv-events","tag-mi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/196"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2237\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}