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SUBMITTER: Rajakumar K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4929030 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rajakumar Kumaravel K Moore Charity G CG Yabes Jonathan J Olabopo Flora F Haralam Mary Ann MA Comer Diane D Holick Michael F MF Greenspan Susan L SL
Pediatric research 20160309 1
<h4>Background</h4>The Institute of Medicine (IOM) dietary guidelines for vitamin D are based on limited pediatric data. Our objective was to estimate the dietary vitamin D requirements for maintaining serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] concentrations at the various IOM-considered thresholds of vitamin D status (12, 16, and 20 ng/ml) during fall and winter in children.<h4>Methods</h4>Ninety-six healthy 8- to 14-y-old Pittsburgh-area black and white children enrolled in a randomized, placebo-con ...[more]