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% Vitamin D Deficient Population Exclusion Criteria Ethnicity (country) |
Sample Size |
Intervention Compliance |
Followup Serum 25(OH)D (nmol/L) Assay |
Safety Outcomes |
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Lips (1988)209 |
79 % (serum 25(OH)D <30 nmol/L) 35% < 20 nmol/L |
IG1: 70 IG2: 72 |
IG1: 400 IU vit D3/d IG2: 800 IU vit D3/d |
increased to > 40 nmol/L in all subjects (means (SD) presented in graph only) |
Hypercalcemia: IG1: 0 IG2: 1 (associated with thiazide use) |
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(2, 3 and every 3 mo thereafter) |
Men and women living in two different levels of institutional care; mean age (SD): 81 (9) y nursing home); 84 (6) y (senior home) |
Completers: nursing home: 50/72 (69%) seniors home: 59/70 (84%) |
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Ca/Cr ratio: fasting urinary Ca excretion increased ~ 15% unrelated to treatment in all groups, NS serum Cr: increase of ~ 4% in all groups (significant increase from baseline) |
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Compliance NR |
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Excluded subjects with hypercalcemia, active urolithiasis, or chronic renal failure |
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CPBA |
Mortality: IG1: 223/1291 (17.2%) CG: 251/1287 (19.5%) |
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NR (The Netherlands) |
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Mastaglia (2006)212 |
NR median 36.25 (range 27.5-48.12) |
IG1 13 IG2 13 CG 12 |
IG1: D2 5,000 IU/d + Ca 500 mg IG2: D2 10,000 IU/d + Ca 500 mg CG: Ca 500 mg |
25(OH)D median (25-75th percentile): |
Hypercalcemia: IG1: 0; IG2: 0 (increase in mean serum Ca at 2 mo but WNL) CG: 0 |
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3 mo |
Post menopausal osteopenic/osteoporotic women aged 50 - 70 y presenting for bone mass evaluation |
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IG1 77.5 (66.2-156.2) IG2 97.7 (79.3-123.1) CG: 55.0 (72.5-68.0) |
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Hypercalciuria: IG1: 1 (urinary Ca excretion increased from 99.0 (69.5-147.5) to 152 (102-204) mg/24 h, p<0.05, at 3 mo); IG2: 1 (urinary calcium excretion increased from 121 (88.7-140) mg/24h to 149 (120.7-225.7) mg/24h, p<0.05, at 3 mo); CG: 1 (urinary Ca excretion not increased) |
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Compliance (pill and drop counts): 89 (11)-92 (10)% |
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Excluded subjects treated with vitamin D or drugs known to affect bone or vitamin D metabolism |
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RIA (Diasorin) |
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NR (Argentina) |
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no urinary Ca/Cr ratio >0.37mg/dL |
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oral route of administration unless otherwise specified; 2 measured at 2 wks and 6 mo post dose; 3 measured at 2 wks post 1st and 2nd dose, and 3 mo after each of the three doses Ca, calcium; CG, control group; CPBA, competitive protein binding assay; Cr, creatinine; d, day; D, vitamin D, isoform not specified in publication; dL, deciliter; GI, gastrointestinal; HRT, hormonal replacement therapy; IG, intervention group; IQR, interquartile range; IU, international units: mo, month(s); mg, milligram; mo, month(S); ND, not done: NR, not reported; RIA, radioimmunoassay; WNL, within normal limits; |
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