Vitamin D Deficiency in Childhood Linked to Heart Risks in Middle Age

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According to a long-term Finnish study, the shortage of Vitamin D in babyhood might be interrelated to hardening of the arteries in the middle age. In the beginning 1980, almost 2,148 children between the age of 3 to 18 were enlisted in the study of ‘the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism’. All of them undertook periodical physical examinations, including the proceedings of serum Vitamin D levels, lipid levels, low-fat or slimness, smoking; blood pressure and regular physical activity were also examined for up to 45 age people.

Doctors used ultrasound machines to examine the arteries conditions, including the carotid artery in the neck. They found that thickening of the arteries were examined as an indicator of much higher cardiovascular risk. The examined level of Vitamin D between 35 to 50 was measured at satisfactory level. Most of the children in the lowest one-quarter were also examined for the level of Vitamin D, which were almost 15 nanograms per millimeter and it was almost twice as much to have thickening of the carotid artery as compared to the other three quarters. The association prevailed after adjustment the age, sex and many other cardiovascular risk elements.

They found that a lot of examination reports were showing shortage level of Vitamin D which is harmful for health. A professor of internal medicine at the Turku University in Finland Dr. Markus Juonala said that we have found a lot of evidences which were interrelated to artery health. He further said that we only examined interconnectivity with the conditions and problems of arteries, but we didn’t examine for heart or stroke problems. This examination not indicated about cardiovascular disease. Dr. Markus also added that we even don’t know about such kind of problems related to heart.