Serum 25‐Hydroxyvitamin D Level and Aortic Intima‐Media Thickness in Patients Without Clinical Manifestation of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease

摘要

Existing evidence suggests that impaired vitamin D metabolism contribute to the development of atherosclerosis. Aortic intima‐media thickness (IMT) is an earlier marker than carotid IMT of preclinical atherosclerosis. However, there is a lack of researches on direct investigation of relevance between serum 25‐hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) and thoracic aortic IMT. In this study, we aimed to assess the relationship between thoracic aortic IMT and 25(OH)D.