The risk of atherosclerosis if less vitamin D

A study from the Northern Manhattan Study has found new evidence regarding the relationship of low vitamin D levels with the incidence of atherosclerosis. Their results show that levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels will increase hardening of the intima-media thickness and carotid plaque as a result. It is delivered by a senior researcher Dr. Shonni Silverberg, from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, published in the journal Stroke in August 2011.

They also found that 25-hydroxyvitamin D was inversely with intima media thickness (beta, -0.01 per increase 10-ng/mL; P = 0.05) and carotid plaque thickness (beta, -0.10 increase per 10 - ng / mL, P = 0.03). In the model containing risk factors for heart disease and an index of mineral metabolism, 25-hydroxyvitamin D