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- Title
Beyond deficiency: potential benefits of increased intakes of vitamin K for bone and vascular health.
- Authors
Vermeer C; Shearer MJ; Zittermann A; Bolton-Smith C; Szulc P; Hodges S; Walter P; Rambeck W; Stöcklin E; Weber P
- Abstract
Vitamin K is well known for its role in the synthesis of a number of blood coagulation factors. During recent years vitamin K-dependent proteins were discovered to be of vital importance for bone and vascular health. Recommendations for dietary vitamin K intake have been made on the basis of the hepatic requirements for the synthesis of blood coagulation factors. Accumulating evidence suggests that the requirements for other functions than blood coagulation may be higher. This paper is the result of a closed workshop (Paris, November 2002) in which a number of European vitamin K experts reviewed the available data and formulated their standpoint with respect to recommended dietary vitamin K intake and the use of vitamin K-containing supplements.
- Publication
European Journal of Nutrition, 2004, Vol 43, Issue 6, p325
- ISSN
1436-6207
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00394-004-0480-4