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Supplemental Vitamin D and Incident Fractures in Midlife and Older Adults
Journal article   Peer reviewed

Supplemental Vitamin D and Incident Fractures in Midlife and Older Adults

Meryl S. LeBoff, Sharon H. Chou, Kristin A. Ratliff, Nancy R. Cook, Bharti Khurana, Eunjung Kim, Peggy M. Cawthon, Douglas C. Bauer, Dennis Black, J. Chris Gallagher, …
The New England journal of medicine, Vol.387(4), pp.299-309
07/28/2022
PMID: 35939577

Abstract

Aging Aging General Bone Disease Clinical Medicine Clinical Medicine General Diet Endocrinology Geriatrics Nutrition Orthopedics Orthopedics General Osteoporosis Rheumatology
A study ancillary to a large trial showed that supplemental vitamin D 3 did not lower the risk of fractures among generally healthy midlife and older adults not selected for vitamin D deficiency, low bone mass, or osteoporosis.

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