Vitamin D Unrelated to Mortality Risk in Most Women

SOURCE: MedPage Today

DATE:   November 1, 2011

EXCERPT: "Increased risks for all-cause mortality and death from cancer and cardiovascular disease associated with low vitamin D levels registered only as weak, nonsignificant trends in a large prospective study, researchers said."   more

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Eaton CB, Young A, Allison MA, Robinson J, Martin LW, Kuller LH, Johnson KC, Curb JD, Van Horn L, McTiernan A, Liu S, Manson JE. Prospective association of vitamin D concentrations with mortality in postmenopausal women: results from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI). Am J Clin Nutr. 2011 Dec;94(6):1471-8. Epub 2011 Oct 26.

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