Vitamin D Supplementation and the Incidence of Fractures in the Elderly Healthy Population: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

Mariana de Moura de Souza Rachel Louise Moraes Dantas Vitor Leão Durães Maria Luiza Rodrigues Defante Thiago Bosco Mendes

Published in: Journal of general internal medicine (2024)

Vitamin D supplementation does not reduce the total fracture development rate in the elderly healthy population, and it may increase the incidence of hip fractures among elderly healthy women. This finding suggests refraining from prescribing high intermittent doses of vitamin D, without calcium, to individuals aged 60 or older with unknown vitamin D serum concentration or osteoporosis status and inadequate calcium intake.

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middle aged
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polycystic ovary syndrome
postmenopausal women
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bone mineral density
metabolic syndrome
pregnancy outcomes
adverse drug
skeletal muscle
weight loss
weight gain