Abstract:BACKGROUND Around 25% of deaths among Indians are attributable to CAD. Mortality from CAD in India has increased by 103% in males and 90% in females from 1985 to 2015. 1 The prevalence of CAD in urban India is about double the rate of rural India and about 4-fold higher than in the USA. 2 Vitamin D deficiency (VDD) has been associated with CVD risk factors such as hypertension 3,4 and diabetes mellitus with markers of subclinical atherosclerosis such as intima-media thickness and coronary calcification as well… Show more
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