Low Vitamin D Levels Pose Large Threat To Health; Overall 26 Percent Increased Risk Of Death, Johns Hopkins University Study

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Low Vitamin D Levels Pose Large Threat To Health; Overall 26 Percent Increased Risk Of Death, Johns Hopkins University Study
8/12/2008

ScienceDaily (Aug. 12, 2008) — Researchers at Johns Hopkins are reporting what is believed to be the most conclusive evidence to date that inadequate levels of vitamin D, obtained from milk, fortified cereals and exposure to sunlight, lead to substantially increased risk of death. In a study set to appear in the Archives of Internal Medicine online Aug. 11, the Johns Hopkins team analyzed a diverse sample of 13,000 initially healthy men and women participating in an ongoing national health survey and compared the risk of death between those with the lowest blood levels of vitamin D to those with higher amounts. An unhealthy deficiency, experts say, is considered blood levels of 17.8 nanograms per milliliter or lower.

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