Vitamin D supplementation and risk of falling: outcomes from the randomized, placebo‐controlled D‐Health Trial

• Main Authors: Mary Waterhouse (Author), Emma Sanguineti (Author), Catherine Baxter (Author), Briony Duarte Romero (Author), Donald S.A. McLeod (Author), Dallas R. English (Author), Bruce K. Armstrong (Author), Peter R. Ebeling (Author), Gunter Hartel (Author), Michael G. Kimlin (Author), Rachel L. O'Connell (Author), Hai Pham (Author), Jolieke C. van derPols (Author), Alison J. Venn (Author), Penelope M. Webb (Author), David C. Whiteman (Author), Rachel E. Neale (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Falls cause considerable morbidity and mortality in older people. It is unclear how vitamin D supplementation affects falls risk, particularly when taken at high doses. We sought to determine whether monthly high‐dose vitamin D supplementation reduces risk and incidence of falls....