What is the current role for vitamin D and the risk of stroke ?

What is the current role for vitamin D and the risk of stroke ? Curr Neurovasc Res. 2019 Apr 12;: Authors: Siniscalchi A, Lochner P, Anticoli S, Chirchiglia D, De Sarro G, Gallelli L Abstract Increasing evidence support the relationship between vitamin D and stroke. Vitamin D have now been proposed as a prognostic biomarker for also functional outcome in stroke patients. A revision of the data suggests that low vitamin D is associated more with ischemic than with haemorrhagic stroke, even if the role of optimal vitamin D levels for vascular wall is still unclear. Vitamin D deficiency induces with different mechanisms an alteration of vascular wall. However, to date, the research supporting the effectiveness of vitamin D supplementation in stroke and in post-stroke recovery is still inadequate and conclusive evidences have not been published. In this review, we provide a better understanding of the role of vitamin D in stroke. PMID: 30977444 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Current Neurovascular Research - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: Curr Neurovasc Res Source Type: research