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Trial reportThe journal of nutrition, health & aging2024

Effects of vitamin D, omega-3 and a simple strength exercise programme in cardiovascular disease prevention: The DO-HEALTH randomized controlled trial.

Stephanie Gaengler, Angélique Sadlon, Caroline De Godoi Rezende Costa Molino, Walter C Willett, JoAnn E Manson, Bruno Vellas, Elisabeth Steinhagen-Thiessen, Arnold Von Eckardstein, Frank Ruschitzka, René Rizzoli and 6 more

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In one paragraph

Trial report in The journal of nutrition, health & aging, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01745263 (Vitamin D3 - Omega3 - Home Exercise - Healthy Ageing and Longevity Trial), which is not on this map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
9.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT01745263 phase3completednot on this map

Vitamin D3 - Omega3 - Home Exercise - Healthy Ageing and Longevity Trial (Acronym: DO-HEALTH)

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of ZurichRan2012 to 2018Enrolled2,157ConditionsImprove Healthy Ageing in Seniors, Prevent Disease at Older AgeArmsVitamin D3, Omega 3 fatty acids, Strength Home Exercise, Flexibility Home Exercise
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Current Knowledge of the Impact of Vitamin D in Coronary Artery Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 10 institutions in 7 countries.

Stephanie GaenglerDepartment of Geriatrics and Aging Research, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Centre on Aging and Mobility, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Angélique SadlonCentre on Aging and Mobility, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Caroline De Godoi Rezende Costa MolinoDepartment of Geriatrics and Aging Research, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Centre on Aging and Mobility, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Walter C WillettDepartment of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
JoAnn E MansonDepartment of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA; Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Bruno VellasGérontopôle de Toulouse, Institut du Vieillissement, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire de Toulouse, Toulouse, France; UMR INSERM 1027, University of Toulouse III, Toulouse, France; IHU HealthAge, University Hospital Toulouse, France.
Elisabeth Steinhagen-ThiessenInterdisciplinary Lipid Metabolic Center, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 13353 Berlin, Germany.
Arnold Von EckardsteinInstitute of Clinical Chemistry, University of Zurich and University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Frank RuschitzkaDepartment of Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland.
René RizzoliDivision of Bone Diseases, Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland.
José A P da SilvaCentro Hospitalare Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal; Coimbra Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research (ICBR), Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Reto W KressigUniversity Department of Geriatric Medicine FELIX PLATTER and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
John KanisCentre for Metabolic Diseases, University of Sheffield Medical School, Sheffield, United Kingdom; Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
E John OravDepartment of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Andreas EgliDepartment of Geriatrics and Aging Research, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Centre on Aging and Mobility, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Heike A Bischoff-FerrariDepartment of Geriatrics and Aging Research, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Centre on Aging and Mobility, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Gérontopôle de Toulouse, Institut du Vieillissement, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire de Toulouse, Toulouse, France; UMR INSERM 1027, University of Toulouse III, Toulouse, France; IHU HealthAge, University Hospital Toulouse, France. Electronic address: heikea.bischoff-ferrari@uzh.ch.
University of Zurich · CHHarvard University · USUniversité Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier · FRAustralian Catholic University · AUBrigham and Women's Hospital · USCharité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DEHospitais da Universidade de Coimbra · PTUniversity Hospital of Geneva · CHUniversity Hospital of Zurich · CHUniversity of Basel · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe effects of non-pharmaceutical interventions in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in older adults remains unclear. Therefore, the aim was to investigate the effect of 2000 IU/day of vitamin D

methodsThe risk of MACE (coronary heart event or intervention, heart failure, stroke) was an exploratory endpoint of DO-HEALTH, incident hypertension and change in biomarkers were secondary endpoints. DO-HEALTH is a completed multicentre, randomised, placebo-controlled, 2 × 2 × 2 factorial design trial enrolling 2157 Europeans aged ≥70 years.

resultsParticipants' median age was 74 [72, 77] years, 61.7% were women, 82.5% were at least moderately physically active, and 40.7% had 25(OH)D < 20 ng/mL at baseline. Compared to their controls, omega-3 increased HDL-cholesterol (difference in change over 3 years: 0.08 mmol/L, 95% CI 0.05-0.10), decreased triglycerides (-0.08 mmol/L, (95%CI -0.12 to -0.03), but increased total- (0.15 mmol/L, 95%CI 0.09; 0.2), LDL- (0.11 mmol/L, 0.06; 0.16), and non-HDL-cholesterol (0.07 mmol/L, 95%CI 0.02; 0.12). However, neither omega-3 (adjustedHR 1.00, 95%CI 0.64-1.56), nor vitamin D

conclusionAmong generally healthy, active, and largely vitamin D replete, older adults, treatment with omega-3, vitamin D GOV IDENTIFIER: NCT01745263.

Indexed as

Cardiovascular DiseasesFatty Acids, Omega-3HypertensionAgedBiomarkersCholecalciferolCholesterolDietary SupplementsDouble-Blind MethodExercise TherapyFemaleHumansMaleVitamin DVitaminsBiomarkersCholecalciferolCholesterolFatty Acids, Omega-3Vitamin DVitaminsBiomarkersHypertensionLipidsNon-pharmaceutical interventionsPrevention

Identifiers

PMID38199870
PMCPMC12877244
OpenAlexW4390730614

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