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  • Ca(2+) — decreases incidence of myocardial infarction

    Evidence strength: limited.Finding
    “In addition, participants assigned to take calcium had significantly fewer myocardial infarctions than participants who were assigned to no calcium supplementation.”
    Quoted verbatim from A Trial of Calcium and Vitamin D for the Prevention of Colorectal Adenomas..
    Study
    RCT
    Dose
    1200 mg calcium as carbonate daily, two tablets
    Population
    Adults aged 45 to 75 years with a recently removed colorectal adenoma, in a partial 2x2 factorial trial; calcium contrast is calcium versus no calcium, with vitamin D assigned independently across both calcium groups

    A Trial of Calcium and Vitamin D for the Prevention of Colorectal Adenomas.2015PMID:2646598510.1056/NEJMoa1500409Permalink

To cite this finding: https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M5JGW3HT4PFWSCS4C6ZEHDPV

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