Study finds low vitamin D levels in northern California residents with metabolic syndrome
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 - 17:04
in Health & Medicine
Researchers from the UC Davis Health System have found that compared with healthy controls, blood levels of vitamin D are significantly reduced in patients in the Sacramento area with metabolic syndrome, a constellation of disease risk factors that affects about one in three U.S. adults and predisposes them to diabetes, heart disease and stroke.