A Pooled Analysis of Vitamin D Dose Requirements for Fracture Prevention

2012802 citationsReviewbronze Open Access

Authors

Heike A. Bischoff‐Ferrari · University Hospital of Zurich

Walter C. Willett · Harvard University

E. John Orav · Harvard University

Paul Lips · EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research

Pierre J. Meunier · Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1

Ronan A Lyons · Swansea University

Leon Flicker

Abstract

High-dose vitamin D supplementation (≥800 IU daily) was somewhat favorable in the prevention of hip fracture and any nonvertebral fracture in persons 65 years of age or older. (Funded by the Swiss National Foundations and others.).

Topics & Keywords

Vitamin D Research Studies Bone health and osteoporosis research Hip and Femur Fractures

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 367, Issue 1, pp. 40-49

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1109617

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