Introduction Vitamin D deficiency is an important public health problem worldwide. Vitamin D
deficiency confers a significant risk for both skeletal and non-skeletal disorders and a …

Vitamin D testing and treatment is a subject of controversial scientific discussions, and it is
challenging to navigate through the expanding vitamin D literature with heterogeneous and …

Research carried out during the past two-decades extended the understanding of actions of
vitamin D, from regulating calcium and phosphate absorption and bone metabolism to many …

African Americans have higher incidence of, and mortality from, many health-related
problems than European Americans. They also have a 15 to 20-fold higher prevalence of …

Background Vitamin D deficiency may be a risk factor for mortality but previous meta-
analyses lacked standardization of laboratory methods for 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25 [OH] D) …

Although observational studies of health outcomes generally suggest beneficial effects with,
or following, higher serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25 (OH) D] concentrations, randomized …

Vitamin D3 has many important health benefits. Unfortunately, these benefits are not widely
known among health care personnel and the general public. As a result, most of the world's …

OBJECTIVE: Compare effectiveness of maternal vitamin D3 supplementation with 6400 IU
per day alone to maternal and infant supplementation with 400 IU per day. METHODS …

Observational studies, randomized controlled trials (RCTs), and Mendelian randomization
(MR) studies have yielded inconsistent results on the associations of vitamin D …

Vitamin D deficiency has been clearly linked to major chronic diseases associated with
oxidative stress, inflammation, and aging, including cardiovascular and neurodegenerative …