Taking calcium and vitamin D together reduces the risk of death by 15%

Research has shown that taking calcium and vitamin D together can reduce the risk of various deaths by up to 15%.

Korea University Anam Hospital Department of Endocrinology Professor Kim Shin-gon’s team (Kim Shin-gon, Kim Kyung-jin B, Kim Nam-hoon, Kim Kyung-jin A, Choi Ji-mi) used National Health Insurance Service cohort data to studied 6,256 people who took calcium supplements alone for more than 90 days, as well as calcium and vitamin supplements The results of an analysis of the mortality rate between the two groups were recently published through the data of a total of 27,846 patients, including 21,590 patients which took D together.

As a result of the study, there was no difference in the total number of deaths in the group that took calcium supplements alone compared to those who did not take calcium and vitamin D supplements. However, it was observed that those who took vitamin D supplements and calcium supplements together had a 15% lower overall mortality rate compared to those who did not take them.

In particular, it was confirmed that the risk of cardiovascular death was reduced by 28%. Women were seen to be more effective than men, those aged 65 or over, and those with cardiovascular disease or underlying cancer.

Korea is one of the countries with relatively low calcium intake. Current studies on calcium intake have been carried out mainly in the West, and there have been large-scale clinical studies involving vitamin D. .

Through this study, the relationship between the use of calcium and vitamin D supplements and mortality in Koreans was identified, and the basis for taking calcium and vitamin D in combination was established.

Professor Kim Kyung-jin B said, “The results of the study confirmed that combination therapy of calcium and vitamin D can contribute to reducing the risk of mortality.” For them, using calcium and vitamin D combination therapy could be helpful.”

Meanwhile, this study ‘All-cause and cause-specific mortality risks associated with calcium supplementation with or without vitamin D: A national population-based study’ was published in the Journal of Internal Medicine (JIM: 13.1), an academic journal international. published