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Review
Review
The health benefits of vitamin K
  1. James J DiNicolantonio1,
  2. Jaikrit Bhutani2 and
  3. James H O'Keefe1
  1. 1Mid America Heart Institute at Saint Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
  2. 2Pt. BD Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India
  1. Correspondence to Dr James J DiNicolantonio; jjdinicol{at}gmail.com

Abstract

Vitamin K has important functions within the body, some of which are still being discovered. Research has shown that vitamin K is an anticalcification, anticancer, bone-forming and insulin-sensitising molecule. Recent data indicate that subclinical vitamin K deficiency is not uncommon. Additionally, vitamin K antagonists such as warfarin may cause detrimental side effects, which may partly be blunted through vitamin K supplementation.

  • vitamin K
  • calcification
  • warfarin

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2015-000300

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