Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mortality is increased in Graves’ disease (GD) even years after initial diagnosis and treatment. The mechanisms are incompletely understood. Vitamin D insufficiency is associated with an increased risk of CVD and has been reported to occur frequently in GD. Pulse wave velocity (PWV) and blood pressure (BP) are important predictors of CVD. We performed a clinical trial, testing whether vitamin D supplementation affects P...