Sunday, December 6, 2009

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Vitamin D3 Deficiency , heart disease and risk of dealth


Multiple studies demonstrate a dramatic connection between Vitamin D deficiency and an increased risk of heart disease and death.

A study by researchers at the University of Colorado Denver and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) shows Vitamin D plays an important role in reducing the risk of death associated with older age. The research, published in the September 2009 issue of Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, found that older adults with insufficient levels of Vitamin D die from heart disease at greater rates that those with adequate levels of the vitamin.

The study analyzed data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics. The research team analyzed Vitamin D in blood samples of more than 3,400 participants. Compared to those with optimal Vitamin D status, those with low Vitamin D levels were 3 times more likely to die from heart disease and 2.5 times more likely to die from any cause. (1)

A couple of months later another study was presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Conference on November 16 in Orlando, Florida.

Tami Bair, MD and Heidi May, MD of the Intermountain Medical Center in Utah, reported that risk of heart attack, stroke, congestive heart failure and death are dramatically increased by Vitamin D deficiency.

Drs. Bair and May found that that people with low levels (< 15 ng/ml) had a 45% increased risk for cardiovascular disease, 78% greater risk of stroke and double the risk for congestive heart failure, and in addition a 77% increased risk of death, compared to people with Vitamin D levels > 30 ng/ml. The incidence of disease and death occurred during only 13 months of follow up for the 27,000 people in the study. (2)

Finally in December 2009 a new study has for the first time demonstrated a genetic link between Vitamin D deficiency and heart disease. The study established that a certain gene, CYP27B1 is responsible for producing an enzyme necessary in the final stages of Vitamin D activation. When this gene is inactivated the conversion of Vitamin D into an active hormone is prevented. Patients with high blood pressure who possess a mutated version of this gene, resulting in reduced Vitamin D activation, are twice as likely as those without the mutation to have congestive heart failure.


(1) Prospective Study of Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Level, Cardiovascular Disease Mortality, and All-Cause Mortality in Older U.S. Adults
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society Volume 57 Issue 9, Pages 1595 - 1603
(2) Presentation at American Heart Association's Scientific Conference, Orlando Florida. Nov 2009
(3) Genetic variation in CYP27B1 is associated with congestive heart failure in patients with hypertension. Pharmacogenomics, (2009) 10(11):1789-97

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In the news - The following news releases have been added to the In the News section of www.vitaminD3world.com This section of the site is updated every few days. Revisit it frequently to catch the latest on Vitamin D. Click here for In the News

Dec 2009. Mayo Clinic and collaborators find Vitamin D levels associated with increased survival in lymphoma patients

Dec 2009. Heart failure linked to gene variant affecting Vitamin D activation

Nov 2009. UK National Health Service chiefs have said that pregnant women must be educated about the importance of taking vitamin D supplements.

Nov 2009. Inadequate Levels of Vitamin D May Significantly Increase Risk of Stroke, Heart Disease and Death

Dr Michael Holick-a highly informative and entertaining one hour lecture on Vitamin D

Nov 2009. Breast cancer as a Vitamin D deficiency disease

Nov 2009. Vitamin D3 improves control of type II diabetes, results of a controlled study.

Oct 2009. Vitamin D prevents premature birth, results of a controlled study

Oct 2009. Vitamin D prevents fractures and falls






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December 2009
Vol 1 No 15

In the last few months two major studies have demonstrated a dramatic connection between Vitamin D deficiency and an increased risk of heart disease and death. In addition, scientists have established that Vitamin D is acting at a genetic level to produce these results.

Sept 2009. Insufficient levels of Vitamin D puts elderly at increased risk of dying from heart disease



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1 comment:

mbarnes said...

Here is a link to a new article on the connection between vitamin D deficiency and breast cancer, “Breast cancer-a vitamin D deficiency disease” Everyone worried about breast cancer should read this.
http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs026/1102452079631/archive/1102833653458.html
If the link does not work you can find the article at www.vitaminD3world.com in the ‘in the news’ section.
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