Vitamin D and Aerobic Exercise Each Linked to Lower Heart Risk in Older Adults
Graded Preliminary — cross-sectional survey of 1,668 Korean adults over 65 taken at a single point in time, so it cannot show cause and effect.
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This study suggests vitamin D status and regular aerobic activity may each relate to metabolic health in later life.
Older adults with higher vitamin D levels and a habit of aerobic exercise were less likely to have a cluster of heart and metabolic risk factors. In about 1,700 Koreans over 65, having both was tied to roughly 40 percent lower odds compared with having neither. Each factor mattered on its own, so people low on one still appeared to benefit from the other. This is a snapshot in time, so it cannot show that vitamin D or exercise caused the lower risk.
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