Vitamin D

Among postmenopausal women, researchers observed no significant associations between ovarian steroids, adrenal hormones, insulin-like growth factor I, parathormone and vitamin D and handgrip strength, according to study results.

For adults with prediabetes, vitamin D was effective in decreasing diabetes risk, according to results of a systematic review and meta-analysis published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Vitamin D supplements did not reduce asthma exacerbations or improve asthma control among adults or children, according to an updated Cochrane review, contradicting an earlier review showing benefits of supplementation.

The effect of vitamin D supplementation on total 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels may be blunted for adults with a higher BMI, according to a post hoc analysis of data from the VITAL trial.

Weekly vitamin D supplements increased 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations but did not affect growth or body composition among school-aged children, according to researchers.

Vitamin D levels in patients with a deficiency and cystic fibrosis increased with a single high dose, or stoss therapy, according to a poster presented at the North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference.

A lack of vitamin D might increase mortality risk, according to researchers.

Most adults with hypoparathyroidism had normalized calcium levels without needing a supplement after 3 months of taking a parathyroid hormone-1 receptor agonist, according to findings from phase 2a trial.

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