Highlights
- •Circulating vitamin D predominately arises from synthesis in the skin after exposure to sunlight.
- •Vitamin D deficiency is world-wide epidemic and presents when serum 25 hydroxyvitamin D levels fall below 50 nmol/L.
- •Vitamin D deficiency is a factor in the multifactorial causes of non-vertebral & hip fractures, falls and loss of muscles power.
- •Vitamin D deficiency should be aggressively treated with higher pharmacological doses with the aim of achieving serum levels above or equal to 75 nmol/L.
- •Further RCTs are needed to evaluate a possible isolated or combined role for vitamin D in reduced bone mass densiity and, non-vertebral fractures.
- •Future research should focus on the effects and implications of treating vitamin D deficiency with high pharmacological doses (>1000 IU).
- •The aim is to achieve a general consensus on recommended doses of vitamin D supplementation.
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