Objective: The objective was to provide guidelines to clinicians for the evaluation, treatment,
and prevention of vitamin D deficiency with an emphasis on the care of patients who are at …

Vitamin D has captured attention as an important determinant of bone health, but there is no
common definition of optimal vitamin D status. Herein, we address the question: What is the …

Background:Numerous observational studies have found supplemental calcium and vitamin
D to be associated with reduced risk of common cancers. However, interventional studies to …

Vitamins D 2 and D 3 are generally considered to be equivalent in humans. Nevertheless,
physicians commonly report equivocal responses to seemingly large doses of the only high-…

Background: The cholecalciferol inputs required to achieve or maintain any given serum 25-hydroxycholecalciferol
concentration are not known, particularly within ranges comparable …

… the estimate of Matkovic and Heaney[43] for the same age. … assembled by Matkovic and
Heaney [43]. This indicates that a … of 960 mg/day found by Matkovic and Heaney [43]. The current …

Background: Calcium absorption is generally considered to be impaired under conditions of
vitamin D deficiency, but the vitamin D status that fully normalizes absorption is not known …

Objective. —To test whether bone mass increases in healthy nonpregnant white women
during early adult life after cessation of linear growth; and to test whether various self-chosen …

To determine the timing of peak bone mass and density, we conducted a cross-sectional
study of bone mass measurements in 265 premenopausal Caucasian females, aged 8-50 yr. …

… Matkovic and Heaney assembled over 500 published metabolic balances for calcium obtained
during growth [Citation19] and demonstrated, for food calcium sources (mainly dairy), that …