Older people may be more prone to depression with lower Vitamin D levels in their blood.
A significant number of studies recently have established the benefits of Vitamin D and the problems linked when you have lack of it. Low Vitamin D levels are connected to hypertension, cardiac disease, and severe asthma.
For older bracket of the populace, insufficiency in Vitamin D reflects the high incidence of fracture, frailty, decreased physical function, and other chronic illnesses.
The current study done by the National Institute on Aging based in Baltimore showed a connection between Vitamin D deficiency and depression.
A long-term investigation was done involving 423 men and 531 women who are 65 years old at least. The proponents found out that about 18% of the male subjects and 42% of the female subjects were depressed while 75% of the women and 50% of the men showed insufficient levels of Vitamin D.
The study suggests that addressing Vitamin D deficiency in the future may form part of the prevention or treatment for depression for older patients.