Vitamin-D Deficiency Now Associated With Increased Mortality

News Author: Sue Hughes Another study suggesting a link between low levels of vitamin D and cardiac risk has been published, this time showing that vitamin-D deficiency is associated with both cardiovascular mortality and all-cause mortality. The study, published in the June 23, 2008 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine, was conducted by a group led by Dr Harald Dobnig (Medical University of Graz, Austria). They note that it has been estimated that 50% to 60% of people do not have satisfactory vitamin-D status, and this is probably related to factors such as urbanization, demographic shifts, decreased outdoor activity, air pollution and global dimming, and decreases in the cutaneous production of vitamin D with age.