date:May 23, 2012
Optimal levels of vitamin D defined as having blood levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) of at least 75 nmol/L were associated with a 66% reduction in the risk of cardiovascular disease mortality, compared with people with severe vitamin D deficiency.
In addition, so-called all-cause mortality was reduced by 75% in people with optimal vitamin D levels.
The study published in this months edition of Diabetes Care is said to be the first to show a link between optimal vitamin D and a sig