Vitamin D supplementation trials aimed at reducing mortality have much higher power when focusing on people with low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 147, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 1325-1333

  Brenner, Hermann ^a,b   Jansen, Lina ^a   Saum, Kai Uwe ^a   Holleczek, Bernd ^c   Schöttker, Ben ^a,b  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c SAARLAND CANCER REGISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cardiovascular disease; Cohort; Dose response; Mortality; Prevention; Randomized controlled trials; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; VITAMIN D; 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK REDUCTION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DOSE RESPONSE; GERMANY; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 85021766867     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.117.250191     Document Type: Article

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