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People with type 2 diabetes are especially susceptible to coronary artery disease. Scientists in Denmark have found that vitamin D deficiency significantly raises that risk. Two hundred people with type 2 diabetes and no diagnosis of heart disease underwent tests of circulating vitamin D levels and coronary calcium accumulation. About 10 percent of these people were deficient in vitamin D. Those with vitamin deficiency were four times more likely to have an elevated coronary calcium score, an indication of plaque in the coronary arteries. They were also nearly three times more likely to have asymptomatic heart disease. The research did not indicate whether correcting the deficiency would lower the risk of heart trouble.
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Since vit d is the 'sunshine vitamin' maybe the patients with low d spent less time outside. Less time outside is associated with less physical activity/exercise/walking etc which may have been the reason the patients with low d had more clogged arteries. This study merely brings up an association of low d and heart disease... not a causation.
Not a causation maybe but certainly a factor.
Sunshine does NOT always do the trick either. I tried for years to get my D level up via sunshine (in Nevada) and it did not work at all. My Dr had me start on vitamin D3 and we upped it every year until I was taking over 12,000 iu a day and still barely registering 40. It didn't get up to an acceptable level until my old vitamin company screwed up their calcium supplement with too much D. I have no idea how much I was getting but it did solve the problem.
My son runs on his lunch hour so he didn't think he needed any extra D. I bugged him until he got tested. He was very low, about 28, so is now taking D3 capsules.
One never knows until tested and what works for one doesn't necessarily work for another.