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SUBMITTER: Holvik K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3406987 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Holvik Kristin K Madar Ahmed A AA Meyer Haakon E HE Lofthus Cathrine M CM Stene Lars C LC
BMC endocrine disorders 20120613
<h4>Background</h4>There is uncertainty as to which intake of vitamin D is needed to suppress PTH and maintain normal bone metabolism throughout winter at northern latitudes. We aimed to investigate whether four weeks' daily supplementation with 10 μg vitamin D3 from fish oil produced a greater change in serum vitamin D metabolites, parathyroid hormone, and bone turnover in healthy adults compared with solid multivitamin tablets. Furthermore, it was studied whether age, gender, ethnic background ...[more]