Hip bone loss is attenuated with 1000 IU but not 400 IU daily vitamin D3: a 1-year double-blind RCT in postmenopausal women.

Helen M, Macdonald,; Adrian D, Wood,; Lorna S, Aucott,; Alison J, Black,; William D, Fraser,; Alexandra, Mavroeidi,; David M, Reid,; Karen R, Secombes,; William G, Simpson,; Frank, Thies,

doi:10.1002/jbmr.1959

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Hip bone loss is attenuated with 1000 IU but not 400 IU daily vitamin D3: a 1-year double-blind RCT in postmenopausal women.

Published in Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research • Oct 1, 2013

Authors:

Macdonald, Helen M

Wood, Adrian D

Aucott, Lorna S

Abstract

Few year-long vitamin D supplementation trials exist that match seasonal changes. The aim of this study was to determine whether daily oral vitamin D3 at 400 IU or 1000 IU compared with placebo affects annual bone mineral density (BMD) change in postmenopausal women in a 1-year double-blind placebo ...

Subject

BONE LOSS

BONE TURNOVER MARKERS

POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN

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