Vitamin D improves heart

Low vitamin D doubles the risk of heart disease, say U.S. researchers. A team of scientists at Harvard Medical School (Harvard Medical School) has conducted research for five years, was attended by 1739 people, whose average age was 59 years. These people are the descendants of the patients were the Framingham Heart Study, and had. Up to this history of cardiovascular disease Wang (Wang) and his colleagues needed to know the level of vitamin D in the offspring Framingham Heart Study from 1996 to 2001 to test for the ratio of the first cases of cardiovascular disease. Studies have shown that low levels of vitamin D in the middle increases the risk of heart disease by 60%, even when compared with known and dangerous for heart disease such as diabetes, high cholesterol and high blood pressure. According to the researchers doubled the risk of cardiovascular diseases such as heart attack, heart failure, in people with high blood pressure (hypertension) and a lack of vitamin D. Scientists have also taken into account in the study of factors such as gender, smoking, diabetes, added weight and cholesterol.