Dietary Vitamin D Intake for the Elderly Population: Update on the Recommended Dietary Allowance for Vitamin D.
Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am
; 46(4): 871-884, 2017 12.
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ABSTRACT
Vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency can be diagnosed with measurements of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD). Most vitamin D is derived from sunlight (80%), so serum 25OHD levels are lowest in late winter and early spring. Dietary vitamin D in North America is small, about 100 to 200 IU daily. A recent review of the literature shows many association studies relating vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency to several diseases. Large randomized trials of vitamin D are underway and soon there may be answers as to whether vitamin D is clinically effective and what level of serum 25OHD is necessary.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Vitamina D
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Deficiência de Vitamina D
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Cálcio da Dieta
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Suplementos Nutricionais
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Recomendações Nutricionais
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
Limite:
Aged
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am
Assunto da revista:
ENDOCRINOLOGIA
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METABOLISMO
Ano de publicação:
2017
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos