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SUBMITTER: Sukumar D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4444377 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sukumar D D Shapses S A SA Schneider S H SH
Molecular and cellular endocrinology 20150107
The effect of vitamin D supplementation and caloric restriction (CR) on glycemic indices and osteocalcin (OC) is not clear. In this randomized controlled double blind trial, we examined whether vitamin D3 supplementation at 2500 IU/d (D) or placebo has differential effects on markers of insulin sensitivity and bone turnover in overweight/obese postmenopausal women during 6 weeks of caloric restriction (weight loss; WL, n = 39) compared to weight maintenance (WM, n = 37). Seventy-six women (57 ± ...[more]