Low vitamin D and increased deaths

Lower levels of vitamin D, higher rates of death Association of Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentrations With All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality Among Adult Patients With Existing Cardiovascular Disease Observational study, non-interventional Background Vitamin D, lower levels, common in patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) Study of patients with existing CVD Prospectively examine the associations of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] concentrations with, All-cause mortality and, cause-specific mortality Methods N = 37,079 patients with CVD from the UK Biobank study From a prospective cohort of half a million, aged 40–69 years CVD Coronary heart disease Atrial fibrillation Heart failure Stroke Results Among 37,079 patients with CVD at baseline, 57.5% were vitamin D deficient Deficient, 25[OH]D less than 50 nmol/L (less than 20ng/ml) Median follow-up of 11.7 years Deaths that occurred = 6,319