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SUBMITTER: Schleck ML
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4517004 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Schleck Marie-Louise ML Souberbielle Jean-Claude JC Jandrain Bernard B Da Silva Stéphanie S De Niet Sophie S Vanderbist Francis F Scheen André A Cavalier Etienne E
Nutrients 20150703 7
Many people worldwide are vitamin D (VTD) deficient or insufficient, and there is still no consensus on the dose of VTD that should be administered to achieve a 25(OH)D concentration of 20 or 30 ng/mL. In this study, we aimed to determine an adapted supplementation of VTD able to quickly and safely increase the vitamin D status of healthy adults with low 25(OH)D. One hundred and fifty (150) subjects were randomized into three groups, each to receive, orally, a loading dose of 50,000, 100,000 or ...[more]