Vitamin D deficiency does not increase stroke risk among blacks

Vitamin D deficiency does not increase stroke risk among blacks

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Study Highlights:

• Vitamin D deficiency doubled risks of fatal stroke among white people, but had no effect on stroke death in blacks.
• Researchers were surprised by the results because blacks are generally at higher risk both for stroke and for vitamin D deficiency than whites.
• Unrelated research presented also found correlations between low levels of vitamin D and death.

CHICAGO, Nov. 14, 2010 — While vitamin D deficiency is associated with fatal stroke among whites, it is not linked to more stroke deaths among blacks, according to research presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2010.

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