Study design and baseline characteristics of participants in the Vitamin D in Vulnerable Adults at the VA (the VIVA Study)

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 66-73

  Lagari, Violet S ^a   Gómez Marín, Orlando ^a   Levis, Silvina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Men; Physical performance; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALCOHOL; CREATININE; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PLACEBO; VITAMIN D; COLECALCIFEROL; MULTIVITAMIN;

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OBESITY; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SHORT PERFORMANCE PHYSICAL BATTERY SCORE; SMOKING; STUDY DESIGN; VERY ELDERLY; VETERAN; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; DRUG EFFECTS; GOVERNMENT; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; CHRONOTHERAPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; ETHNICITY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; INDEPENDENCE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENESCENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FLORIDA; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84933073477     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: 15592030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2014.07.009     Document Type: Article

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