date:Sep 26, 2012
The study published in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology investigated the links between vitamin D levels and the incidence of heart disease and mortality in a population-based study of more than 10,000 people in Denmark in addition to a meta-analysis of 35 other studies.
The group, led by Dr Peter Brndum-Jacobsen, took plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D 25(OH)D samples from 10 170 women and men from the Danish general population and followed them for an average of 29 years to assess