Marc Joseph Nutrition - Blog

A recent study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition looked at the risk of nursing home admission and vitamin D status. It found that relative to individuals with high vitamin D levels, the risk of nursing home admission:

• increased by nearly 3.5 times for people who were vitamin D deficient
• increased more than 2.5 times for people who were vitamin D insufficient
• and increased almost two times for people who had borderline insufficiency levels

And these results were after adjusting for frailty.

Given the widespread incidence of vitamin D deficiency in the elderly population and the key importance of this nutrient to immune function and bone structure, it’s amazing that vitamin D testing and supplementation is not a more common part of elder care.

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