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- Title
Health effects of vitamin D.
- Authors
Bischoff-Ferrari, Heike
- Abstract
Increasing data suggest that many or most adults in the United States and Europe would benefit from vitamin D supplements. This review summarizes the benefits of vitamin D with the strongest evidence today from randomized controlled trials for fall and fracture prevention. Beyond fall and fracture prevention, vitamin D may also reduce overall morbidity by multiple mechanisms. Prospective epidemiological studies supported by strong mechanistic evidence suggest a reduction of cardiovascular disease (incident hypertension and cardiovascular mortality) and colorectal cancer, extending to weaker evidence on immune-modulatory and anti-inflammatory benefits of vitamin D.
- Subjects
VITAMIN D; DIETARY supplements; CARDIOVASCULAR diseases; COLON cancer; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; IMMUNOREGULATION
- Publication
Dermatologic Therapy, 2010, Vol 23, Issue 1, p23
- ISSN
1396-0296
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1529-8019.2009.01288.x