How Vitamin D deficiency is connected with the risk of cardiovascular disease?

Medical news service Med Page Today published a report that says- up to a great extent, the clinical results in a person with heart failure can be evaluated on the basis of their vitamin D status. This report was based on a study that was presented at the European Society of Cardiology .This study showed that the lower level of vitamin D in the body is connected with an increased risk of death for patients with congestive heart failure.

According to the best cardiologists in New York, vitamin D deficiency is very common in the United States of America. Reports and other evidence is emerging rapidly that suggest that the reduced level of vitamin D in the body affects the cardiovascular system adversely.
In 2008, an article was published in the journal Circulation (by the American Heart Association) in which the authors found that vitamin D deficiency was linked to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. This article was based on a community based study.

In this study, the authors found that individuals with hypertension or high blood pressure were evidently at a higher risk of heart disease. Some other studies also showed that individuals with heart attacks, stroke, heart failure and other types of cardiovascular disease had a low level of vitamin D.

In March 2010, there was another study presented at the American College of Cardiology. This study showed that patients with a low level of vitamin D can reduce the risk of heart attack by 33%, if they improve the vitamin D level. Moreover, the risk of heart failure for these patients is also reduced to 20% and they are 30% less likely to die over an average follow up period of one year.

Patients can increase their vitamin D level by taking appropriate supplements. Doctors and cardiologists recommend their patients avoid taking supplements without proper medical consultation. Patients should take supplements only under a doctor’s supervision. Doctors can evaluate the vitamin D level in the body through a blood test. Careful and brief skin exposure to the sun’s ultraviolet light is another method to increase the level of vitamin D in the body.