From the Vitamin D Council

A recent study out of Italy found that low vitamin D levels were associated with depression only in elderly women, but found no relationship after four years of follow-up.

Recent research has been interested in how vitamin D status influences aspects of mental health in the elderly over a long period of time. Few studies have looked at how vitamin D may affect the risk of depression longitudinally in this population.

Researchers conducted a news study to examine the relationship between vitamin D levels and the onset of late life depression. A total of 1,675 participants from the Progetto Veneto Anziani cohort were enrolled into the study. The Progetto Veneto Anziani cohort consisted of Italian citizens over the age of 65 and was designed to evaluate factors for mortality and disability in the elderly.

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