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COPENHAGEN – According to an international study, babies with vitamin D deficiency are at higher risk of developing schizophrenia at an advanced stage of life.
The study was led by researchers from the University of Aarhus, Denmark, in collaboration with the University of Queensland, Australia, and published their findings Thursday in the journal Scientific. Reports.
Schizophrenia is a chronic mental disorder that affects the brain, thought and behavior of the patient, leads to poor memory, loss of concentration, poor social interaction, perceptual and exploratory behaviors, at high levels of anxiety and the inability to distinguish unnecessary information.
To achieve the results of the study, the team monitored the status of 2602 neonates born in Denmark between 1981 and 2000.
The team measured blood levels of vitamin D in newborns and also monitored schizophrenia among participants in adulthood.
The researchers found that newborns with vitamin D deficiency increased their risk of developing schizophrenia by 44% when they were older than their peers who had normal vitamin D levels.
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