Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) and Vitamin D - several studies

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21 Million Americans have PAD, but often are Undiagnosed - Mercola Sept 2025

Mercola

• "Because symptoms like leg fatigue or discomfort are often mistaken for normal aging, the disease is often missed until it has become dangerous"

See related in VitaminDWiki

• Peripheral arterial disease risk is 1.5X higher if low vitamin D – meta-analysis March 2018

• Peripheral Arterial Disease 3X less prevalent at 40 ng of vitamin D – 2008

• Peripheral Arterial Disease 3.7 X more likely in diabetics with low vitamin D – June 2019

• Peripheral Arterial Disease patients have low vitamin D levels – meta-analysis Oct 2015

  CAD

• Coronary Artery Disease and Vitamin D - many studies

• CAD patients with low vitamin D were 1.6 X more likely to die – 27th meta-analysis Aug 2022

• Vitamin D fights Coronary Artery Disease in many ways – when will it be used in therapy – May 2022

• Coronary artery disease 5.8X more likely if vitamin D level is less than 30 ng – Nov 2012