Clinical trial to explore link between vitamin D and cholesterol

Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 18:42 in Health & Medicine

(PhysOrg.com) -- An unusual finding in previous studies of vitamin D-deficient patients has prompted Rockefeller University researchers to launch a new clinical study to determine whether there is a causative link between vitamin D supplementation and changes in cholesterol levels in people at risk for cardiovascular disease. Led by Manish Ponda, instructor in clinical investigation in Jan L. Breslow`s Laboratory of Biochemical Genetics and Metabolism, the clinical trial is currently recruiting subjects.

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