Vitamin D Deficiency Increases Risk of Cognitive Impairment

It is now becoming known that for those over 60 years of age Vitamin deficiency is a major health problem.

clipped from www.alzheimersreadingroom.com David Llewellyn, PhD, of the University of Exeter Peninsula Medical School (UK), and colleagues examined information from 3,325 adults aged 65 years and older from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III), a study that was carefully designed to accurately represent the U.S. non-institutionalized population. Vitamin D levels were measured from blood samples and compared with performance on a measure of general cognitive function that incorporated tests of memory, orientation in time and space, and ability to maintain attention. Original content Bob DeMarco, the Alzheimer's Reading Room