Treatment for Vitamin D Deficiency Prior to Bariatric Surgery: a Prospective Cohort Study.
Leigh A PetersonLawrence J CheskinMichael A SchweitzerThomas H MagnusonKimberley E SteelePublished in: Obesity surgery (2016)
VDD testing was lower than clinically-indicated. Of those tested, 35.7% were deficient and 39.3% insufficient. We previously reported higher rates: 71.4% deficiency, 92.9% insufficiency. Thus, many candidates are untested but high-risk.