Chapter title |
Vitamin b6 and cardiovascular disease.
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Chapter number | 14 |
Book title |
Water Soluble Vitamins
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Published in |
Sub cellular biochemistry, November 2011
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DOI | 10.1007/978-94-007-2199-9_14 |
Pubmed ID | |
Book ISBNs |
978-9-40-072198-2, 978-9-40-072199-9
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Authors |
Friso S, Lotto V, Corrocher R, Choi SW, Simonetta Friso, V. Lotto, R. Corrocher, Sang Woon Choi, Friso, Simonetta, Lotto, V., Corrocher, R., Choi, Sang Woon |
Abstract |
While overt vitamin B6 deficiency is not a frequent finding nowadays in medical practice, evidence suggests that insufficiency of this vitamin is rather widespread in a quite large portion of the population such as the elderly or in not unusual conditions such as that of alcohol addiction. Moreover, a mild deficiency in B6 vitamin is a state that may be associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Epidemiologic evidence from case control and prospective studies have suggested that low dietary intake or reduced blood concentrations of vitamin B6 is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, although most recent trials demonstrated the ineffectiveness of vitamin B6 supplementation on the prevention of cardiovascular events recurrence. Due to limited and somewhat inconsistent data together with the ample variety of critical functions in which vitamin B6 is involved in the human body, it is very challenging to attempt at establishing a cause and effect relationship between vitamin B6 and risk of cardiovascular disease as it is to delineate the exact mechanism(s) by which vitamin B6 may modulate such risk. In the present chapter we review the currently available knowledge deriving from both epidemiological and mechanistic studies designed to define potential candidate mechanisms for the association of vitamin B6 impairment and risk of cardiovascular disease development. |
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