2.4 times more likely to die if low Vitamin D (11,000 people for 14 years)

Low Vitamin D Linked with All-Cause Death MedPageToday

<20 ng/mL, the adjusted hazard ratio for death was 2.37

Study by Mayo Clinic - for ages 18 and older

Primary Source

American Society for Bone and Mineral Research – annual meeting

Source Reference: Dudenkov D, et al "Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D values and risk of all-cause mortality: a population-based, retrospective cohort study" ASBMR 2016; Abstract FR0001.

See also VitaminDWiki

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The Meta-analysis of Mortality and Vitamin D are listed here:

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