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SUBMITTER: Smith LM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5821124 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Smith Lynette M LM Gallagher J Christopher JC
Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America 20170929 4
Vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency can be diagnosed with measurements of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD). Most vitamin D is derived from sunlight (80%), so serum 25OHD levels are lowest in late winter and early spring. Dietary vitamin D in North America is small, about 100 to 200 IU daily. A recent review of the literature shows many association studies relating vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency to several diseases. Large randomized trials of vitamin D are underway and soon there may ...[more]