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Vitamin D deficiency ups heart failure risk in older adults

WASHINGTON: You may advise your grandparents to include dairy products, orange juice, soy milk and cereals in their diet, as a study has recently warned that vitamin D deficiency was linked with a 12.2-times increased risk of heart failure in older adults, especially men.

Vitamin D deficiency ups heart failure risk in older adults

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You may advise your grandparents to include dairy products, orange juice, soy milk and cereals in their diet, as a study has recently warned that vitamin D deficiency was linked with a 12.2-times increased risk of heart failure in older adults, especially men.

According to researchers, an elevated risk of heart failure in more than half of older individuals and this risk was significantly associated with vitamin D deficiency.

The study involved an analysis of the medical records of 137 individuals in Brazil aged 60 years and older.

The findings revealed that increase in risk of heart failure is higher in men, obese individuals and those with heart arrhythmias.

The findings are published in ESC Heart Failure. ANI

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