Vitamin D and acute myocardial infarction

Figure 1 Kaplan-Meier curve analysis stratified according to vitamin D levels. The lowest quartile (red line) vs the other three quartiles pooled together (blue line) for 1-year mortality (A), and for the combined end point¹ (B), in the whole study population. P value by Log rank test. Reproduced from De Metrio et al[12]. ¹Combined end point: death, major bleeding (requiring blood transfusion), acute pulmonary edema, cardiogenic shock, clinically significant tachyarrhythmias and bradyarrhythmias, and acute kidney injury.

Figure 2 Potential factors impacting on acute myocardial infarction occurrence and outcome associated with low vitamin D levels. AKI: Acute kidney injury; CA/PCI: Coronary angiography/percutaneous coronary intervention; LV: Left ventricular; RAAS: Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system.