Impact of Calcium and Two Doses of Vitamin D on Bone Metabolism in the Elderly: A Randomized Controlled Trial

The optimal dose of vitamin D to optimize bone metabolism in the elderly is unclear. We tested the hypothesis a vitamin D, at a dose higher than recommended by the Institute of Medicine (IOM), has a beneficial effect on bone remodeling and mass. In this double blind trial we randomized 257 overweigh...

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Published in:J Bone Miner Res
Main Authors: Rahme, Maya, Sharara, Sima-Lynn, Baddoura, Rafic, Habib, Robert H, Halaby, Georges, Arabi, Asma, Singh, Ravinder J, Kassem, Moustapha, Mahfoud, Ziyad, Hoteit, Maha, Daher, Rose T, Bassil, Darina, Ferkh, Karim El, Fuleihan, Ghada El-Hajj
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5489368/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28276596
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jbmr.3122
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