MURRAY, Utah -
Doctors at Intermountain Medical Center have been looking into the correlation between heart problems and vitamin D deficiency. Jospeh Brent Muhlstein MD, said, "It appears to be associated with a tremendous increase risk of heat disease, which is a major cause of death for everybody in the United States."
After conducting a study of 27,000 people over the age of 50, doctors at IMC found that those who were vitamin deficient had a 77 percent increased chance of dying and about a 50 percent increase in coronary artery disease. "These sorts of numbers put vitamin D deficiency as a risk factory for heart disease in the same strength as some of the standard risk factors as high cholesterol," said Muhlstein.
FOX 13's Bob Evans reports.
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After conducting a study of 27,000 people over the age of 50, doctors at IMC found that those who were vitamin deficient had a 77 percent increased chance of dying and about a 50 percent increase in coronary artery disease. "These sorts of numbers put vitamin D deficiency as a risk factory for heart disease in the same strength as some of the standard risk factors as high cholesterol," said Muhlstein.
FOX 13's Bob Evans reports.
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