Heart disease, cancer and Vitamin D

Dr. Giovanni Targher
Serum concentrations of 25 hydroxy vitamin D3 may be inversely associated with cardiovascular disease as well as some cancers and metabolic syndrome.Vitamin D3
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VERONA, ITALY Vitamin D3 deficiency was found to be highly prevalent in adults with type 2 diabetes and was strongly and independently associated with early signs of atherosclerosis in a study conducted in Italy.
The results add to a growing body of evidence suggesting that serum concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 may be inversely associated with cardiovascular disease, as well as with some cancers and metabolic syndrome.
Further follow-up and interventional studies are needed to determine whether hypovitaminosis D3 predicts the development of atherosclerosis in people with type 2 diabetes, and whether vitamin D3 supplementation would be protective against atherosclerosis, Dr. Giovanni Targher and colleagues reported in a poster presentation at a joint meeting of the Italian Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and the American Associadon of Clinical Endocrinologists.