“The results of this study demonstrate that serum vitamin D levels are associated with MS-related disability and disease severity assessed by the EDSS and MSSS,” concluded Ms. Drake. “Patients with deficient vitamin D levels are more likely to have higher EDSS scores, showing more disability, and to have higher MSSS scores, showing more rapid rate of progression. These [findings] can be interpreted in that vitamin D levels in patients with MS may have a potentially protective role if they are sufficient or they may have a detrimental effect if they are deficient.”
—Colby Stong