Vitamin D Supplementation and Fracture Incidence in Elderly Persons
Annals of Internal MedicinePublished 15 February 1996
P. Lips, Wilco C. Graafmans, Marcel E. Ooms, P. Dick Bezemer, Lex M. Bouter
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The results suggest that vitamin D supplementation may reduce the incidence of hip fractures, because bone strength shows a strong correlation with bone mineral density, and hip fracture should be the outcome criterion in studies on the effect of vitamin D supplements.
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Our results do not show a decrease in the incidence of hip fractures and other peripheral fractures in Dutch elderly persons after vitamin D supplementation.
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