The Role of Vitamin D in Menopausal Medicine

Mijin Kim; Tae-Hee Kim; Hae-Hyeog Lee; Heung Yeol Kim; Min-Jung Oh

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Kim, Kim, Lee, Kim, and Oh: The Role of Vitamin D in Menopausal Medicine

Original Article

Kosin Medical Journal 2016;31(2):97-102.

Published online: 20 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7180/kmj.2016.31.2.97

The Role of Vitamin D in Menopausal Medicine

Mijin Kim¹, Tae-Hee Kim^2,, Hae-Hyeog Lee², Heung Yeol Kim³, Min-Jung Oh⁴

¹Department of Interdisciplinary Program in Biomedical Science, Soonchunhyang University Graduate School, Cheonon-si, Chungcheongnam-do, Korea

²Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

³Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Kosin University, Busan, Korea

⁴Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Soonchunhyang University College of Natural Sciences, Cheonon-si, Chungcheongnam-do, Korea

Corresponding Author: Tae-Hee Kim, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, 170, Jomaru-ro, Wonmi-gu, Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do 14584, Korea Tel: +82-32-621-5380 Fax: +82-32-621-5016 E-mail: heeobgy@schmc.ac.kr; heeobgy@naver.com

Received 16 December 201516 December 2015 Accepted 11 January 2015

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract

Menopause is the time at which menstruation stops in women. After menopause, women are more susceptible to some diseases, especially osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease. Vitamin D has a protective effect against osteoporosis by facilitating the absorption of calcium and affecting parathyroid hormone. Vitamin D also affects cardiovascular function by lowering the blood pressure, which affects the renin–angiotensin system and alters the low-density lipoprotein receptor activity. This paper discusses supplemental vitamin D in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease.

Keywords: Cardiovascular disease, menopause, osteoporosis, vitamin D

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