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- Poor handgrip strength in 5-year-old girls 3X more likely if low vitamin D
- 430 genes changed when 3,800 IU Vitamin D added in late second trimester – RCT
- Less response to 800 IU of Vitamin D by Africans than natives in Finland – RCT
- Patients with larger waistlines 'should have vitamin D levels checked'
- Vitamin D is the only dietary supplement which significantly benefits MS – JAMA
- Vitamin D is perceived to be the healthiest food ingredient (more than fiber, whole grains, Omega-3, organic, etc) Survey
- 300,000 IU of Vitamin D total is not enough during pregnancy – RCT
- Vitamin D should be an almost universal feature of the care of young adults with sickle cell disease
- Radiologists are 1.7 X more likely to have low vitamin D (probably indoors too much)
- Pregnancy Vitamin D levels less than 40 ng probably results in poor fetal tooth mineralization
- Girls had slightly worse bones if mothers had 1500 mg of Calcium daily while pregnant
- Vitamin D needed by pregnant women and neonates (in developing countries now too - 2 tables)
- Diabetes 5.6 X more likely if low vitamin D 4 years before
- Cardiovascular risk markers not helped by 20,000 IU of vitamin D weekly – RCT
- Fall and fracture rates vs Vitamin D after standardization
- Multiple Sclerosis treated when use high doses of vitamin D – meta-analysis
- Suicides are now the 2nd largest cause of death for age 10-35 (perhaps low Vitamin D)
- Reasons for children having low vitamin D (proposed by 10 societies)
- Gut bacteria of Crohn's disease patients improved by Vitamin D
- Primary hyperparathyroidism surgery associated with 8 X increased risk of bone fracture if low vitamin D