Effect of vitamin D replacement on indexes of insulin resistance in overweight elderly individuals: a randomized controlled trial.

Ghada El-Hajj FuleihanRafic BaddouraRobert H HabibGeorges HalabyAsma ArabiMaya RahmeRavinder J SinghMoustapha KassemZiyad MahfoudMaha HoteitRose T DaherMohamed-Faisal Kassir

Published in: The American journal of clinical nutrition (2016)

Vitamin D3 at 3750 IU/d did not improve HOMA-IR compared with the Institute of Medicine Recommended Dietary Allowance of 600 IU/d in elderly overweight individuals. This trial was registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT01315366.

Keyphrases

middle aged
weight loss
weight gain
community dwelling
physical activity
study protocol
clinical trial
phase iii
randomized controlled trial
body mass index
open label