ieplf to the letter to the editor ..Calcium supplementation, litamin K status and cardiowascular

摘要

The benefit and risk of calcium supplementation in patient with osteoporosis were reviewed recently by Meier and Kraenzlin [1]. They detailed the use of calcium with or without vitamin D whilst other nutrients were out of the scope of this review. The comment from Dr. Fernandez and colleagues is very much appreciated. Indeed, vitamin K - as well as many other nutritive and non-nutritive components of the diet - might be of importance in the maintenance of cardiovascular health, especially of arterial health [2]. The decision of the Swiss Medical Weekly to publish this contribution is well taken.