Effect of vitamin D3-supplementation on bone markers (serum P1NP and CTX): A randomized, double blinded, placebo controlled trial among healthy immigrants living in Norway

Effect of vitamin D3-supplementation on bone markers (serum P1NP and CTX): A randomized, double blinded, placebo controlled trial among healthy immigrants living in Norway

Objective: Vitamin D is essential for the maintenance of calcium homeostasis and bone mineralization; and low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (s-25-(OH)D) concentrations are associated with increased bone turnover. However, there is a lack of randomized controlled trials that have investigated the effect...

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Main Authors: Ahmed A. Madar, Kirsten V. Knutsen, Lars C. Stene, Mette Brekke, Per Lagerløv, Haakon E. Meyer, Helen M. Macdonald
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-06-01
Series:Bone Reports
Subjects:
Bone markers
RCT
Vitamin D supplementation
Immigrants
25(OH)D
CTX
P1NP
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352187215300048

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