{"id":534655,"date":"2010-04-12T16:03:14","date_gmt":"2010-04-12T20:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.personalliberty.com\/liberty\/vitamin-d-deficiency-linked-to-increased-risk-of-rheumatoid-arthritis-in-women\/"},"modified":"2010-04-12T16:03:14","modified_gmt":"2010-04-12T20:03:14","slug":"vitamin-d-deficiency-linked-to-increased-risk-of-rheumatoid-arthritis-in-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/534655","title":{"rendered":"Vitamin D Deficiency Linked To Increased Risk Of Rheumatoid Arthritis In Women"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pictures.directnews.co.uk\/liveimages\/Vitamin_1961_19716612_0_0_7056830_300.jpg\" alt=\"Vitamin D deficiency linked to increased risk of rheumatoid arthritis in women\" align=\"right\" class=\"post_image\">A new Boston University study has found that women living in the Northeast are more likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis (RA) due to a lack of exposure to sunlight, suggesting a possible link between the condition and vitamin D deficiency. <\/p>\n<p>For the study, Veronica Vieira, associate professor of environmental health, and her colleagues compared the medical data of 461 women suffering from RA to a control group of 9,220 healthy participants. <\/p>\n<p>They were surprised to discover that women residing in states like Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont were at a significantly increased risk of developing the autoimmune disease than were those from sunnier climates who could absorb vitamin D naturally. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;The results were unexpected,&quot; Vieira said. &quot;Prior to the analysis, we were more interested in the relationship with air pollution. I hadn&#8217;t given latitudes much thought.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>She added that decreased solar exposure and vitamin D deficiencies have also been linked to several other autoimmune diseases, including multiple sclerosis and Crohn&#8217;s disease. <\/p>\n<p>Good sources of the vitamin D include fish such as salmon, tuna and mackerel. The nutrient is also available as a dietary supplement. <br \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ADNFCR-1961-ID-19716612-ADNFCR\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.directnews.co.uk\/feedtrack\/justcopyright.gif?feedid=1961&amp;itemid=19716612\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new Boston University study has found that women living in the Northeast are more likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis (RA) due to a lack of exposure to sunlight, suggesting a possible link between the condition and vitamin D deficiency. For the study, Veronica Vieira, associate professor of environmental health, and her colleagues compared the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4205,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-534655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4205"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=534655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534655\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=534655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=534655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=534655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}