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- Falls and Fractures summary
- 77+ Hip fracture studies in VitaminDWiki title
- 20% of women will get a hip fracture in their lives
- Predict 30 day Hip fracture mortality – the only controllable variable is Vitamin D – Sept 2023
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25 Pages listed in BOTH the categories Falls/Fracture and Meta-analysis 14 Pages listed in BOTH the categories Falls/Fracture and infants/Children 24 Falls/Fracture Intervention trials - All Falls and Fractures articles
- Falls & Fractures Associated with: Bone - Health 28, Intervention 24, Osteoporosis 16, Seniors 14, Infant-Child 11, Vitamin K 9, Intervention - non-daily 9, ...
Falls and Fractures summary
258 items in FALLS and FRACTURES - Vitamin D and Calcium cost-effectively reduce falls and fractures – April 2019
- see also Overview Seniors and Vitamin D
Falls
- Fall prevention - Vitamin D is one of the ways - umbrella review Jan 2024
- Deaths due to falls doubled in just a decade (age-adjusted, perhaps decreased vitamin D) – June 2019
- Preventing Falls in Older Adults – Vitamin D combination is the best - JAMA Meta-analysis Nov 2017
- Falls cut in half by 100,000 IU vitamin D monthly - RCT 2016
- Falls reduced by a third if achieved 40 ng level vitamin D– RCT Sept 2018
- Note: It took 6 months to get to that level. Most trials last only 3 months
- Vitamin D prevents falls – majority of meta-analyses conclude – meta-meta analysis Feb 2015
- Falls reduced by Vitamin D: 13 percent reduction if more than 700 IU – review of 38 trials – Aug 2022
Fracture
- Hip fractures are predicted by 10 factors – low Vitamin D is the biggest – Aug 2023
- Vitamin D and fractures – 24 meta-analyses and counting – Dec 2014
- Low trauma bone fractures in seniors – considering Vitamin D loading dose for all, without testing – Nov 2019
- Vitamin K (any amount and any kind) reduced bone fractures by 24 percent – meta-analysis – May 2019
- 75+ Hip fracture items in VitaminDWiki title Click here for details
77+ Hip fracture studies in VitaminDWiki title
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20% of women will get a hip fracture in their lives
Estimation of the lifetime risk of hip fracture for women and men in Canada March 2012 FREE PDF doi: 10.1007/s00198-011-1652-8
Predict 30 day Hip fracture mortality – the only controllable variable is Vitamin D – Sept 2023
Emergency department prediction model for 30-day mortality after hip fracture: the Spanish National Hip Fracture Registry (RNFC) cohort
Hip Int . 2023 Sep 5;doi: 10.1177/11207000231197818
Javier Sanz-Reig 1, Jesus Mas-Martinez 1, Cristina Ojeda-Thies 2, Maria P Saez-Lopez 3 4, Noelia Alonso-García 5, Juan I Gonzalez-Montalvo 6 7File is not an image.Introduction: The aim of this study was to design and validate a predictive model for 30-day mortality in a cohort of patients from the Spanish National Hip Fracture Registry (RNFC) with variables collected at the Emergency Department.
Methods: Retrospective study of a prospective database of hip fracture patients ⩾75 years old between 1 January 2017 and 30 September 2019. Patient characteristics, type of fracture and osteoprotective medication were collected at the Emergency Department. Univariate analysis compared the results between patients alive and deceased 30 days after hospital discharge.
The variables associated with 30-day mortality in the regression analysis were- age >85 years,
- male sex,
- indoors pre-fracture mobility,
- Dementia,
- ASA score >3,
- pathological fracture, and
- vitamin D intake. Yes/No
A score scale was created with these variables. Discriminative performance was assessed using the area under the curve (AUC), calibration was assessed by applying Hosmer-Lemeshow goodness-of-fit test and predicted-to-observed mortality was compared.
Results: A total of 29,875 hip fracture cases were included in the study. The 30-day mortality of the overall cohort was 7.7%. A scale of 0-9 points was created, with a cut-off point of 4 points for the determination of patients at high risk of mortality. The AUC was 0.886. RNFC score presented good level of calibration (p = 0.139). The predicted-to-observed ratio was 1.09.
Conclusions: The RNFC predictive model with variables collected at the Emergency Department showed an excellent predictive capacity for 30-day mortality in patients after hip fracture.
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Hip fracture deaths 3X more likely in one year if low vitamin D – Feb 2023
Preoperative Vitamin D Deficiency is Associated with Increased One-Year Mortality in Chinese Geriatric Hip Fracture Patients - A Propensity Score Matching Study
Clin Interv Aging . 2023 Feb 18;18:263-272. doi: 10.2147/CIA.S395228.
Guangtao Fu # 1, Rongjie Wu # 1 2, Ruiying Zhang # 1, Duanyong Chen 1, Haotao Li 1, Qiujian Zheng 1 3, Yuanchen Ma 1Background: Vitamin D deficiency is a common comorbidity in geriatric hip fracture patients. However, there is still an ongoing debate regarding the influence of preoperative Vitamin D status on postoperative mortality in hip fracture patients.
Methods: Elderly patients (=60 years) who underwent surgical interventions for unilateral hip fracture from 2015 to 2020 in our center were included. We retrospectively retrieved the demographic data from the electronic medical database. Preoperative serum total 25-hydroxy-Vitamin D was set as the independent variable and patients were classified as the Vitamin D deficiency (<20ng/mL) and the control groups consequently. Clinical outcomes include all-cause mortality, walking ability, and major postoperative complications in the first postoperative year. Propensity score matching (PSM) was performed in a ratio of 1:1 in the two groups for further comparison.
Results: A total of 210 patients were included and 121 patients (57.6%) were diagnosed with Vitamin D deficiency. Patients in the Vitamin D deficiency group were much older and therefore preferred peripheral nerve block, and had significantly higher proportions of females, preoperative dementia, higher ASA grade, and lower baseline serum albumin level. Overall, 79 patients were identified in the Vitamin D deficiency and control groups after PSM, respectively.
Patients diagnosed with Vitamin D deficiency showed a significantly higher one-year mortality (21.5% vs 6.3%, P=0.011) and a much lower one-year independent walking rate (67.1% vs.84.8%, P=0.016) after the matching. Regarding the dataset before PSM and after PSM, the AUC for serum Vitamin D for predicting one-year mortality was 0.656 (P=0.006) and 0.695 (P=0.002), respectively.Conclusion: Our retrospective PSM-design study provides new evidence that Vitamin D deficiency was associated with a significantly higher mortality and poor walking ability in the first year after surgical intervention based on southern Chinese populations.
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25 Pages listed in BOTH the categories Falls/Fracture and Meta-analysis - No increase in falls, fractures or all-cause mortality when Vitamin D is given monthly or less often– meta-analysis April 2024
- 100,000 IU of Vitamin D monthly (27 ng) is not enough to reduce fractures and falls – meta-analysis April 2024
- Increased risk of fracture if high level of Vitamin D (if continue to take Calcium) – umbrella analysis of meta-analyses Nov 2020
- Hip fractures not prevented by Vitamin D (800 IU daily or large quarterly or annual doses) – meta-analysis – Dec 2019
- Vitamin K (any amount and any kind) reduced bone fractures by 24 percent – meta-analysis – May 2019
- Vitamin D not help fractures and falls if not vitamin D deficient – meta-analysis Oct 2018
- Fractures not reduced by small amounts of vitamin D - meta-analysis Dec 2017
- Preventing Falls in Older Adults – Vitamin D combination is the best - JAMA Meta-analysis Nov 2017
- Hip fracture 58 percent more likely if low vitamin D – meta-analysis March 2017
- Fracture risk reduced somewhat by 800 IU of vitamin D and Calcium – meta-analysis Oct 2015
- Acute fracture patients – 70 percent were vitamin D deficient – meta-analysis Sept 2015
- Falls not prevented by vitamin D given every 3 months or less often – meta-analysis Jan 2015
- Vitamin D prevents falls – majority of meta-analyses conclude – meta-meta analysis Feb 2015
- Vitamin D and fractures – 24 meta-analyses and counting – Dec 2014
- Bone fractures reduced by a minimum of 800 IU vitamin D and Calcium – meta-meta-analysis March 2014
- Fractures reduced with any amount of vitamin D and some Calcium - Cochraine April 2014
- Fallers often had less than 20 ng of vitamin D – meta-analysis April 2014
- Hip fractures greatly reduced by sunshine, vitamin D, and vitamin K – meta-analysis Sept 2012
- Vitamin D may prevent falls and fractures without Calcium – an overview of 9 meta-analysis – Oct 2012
- Hip fractures reduced 30 percent with 800 IU of vitamin D – meta-analysis July 2012
- Vitamin D reduces falls – meta-analysis Oct 2011
- Active form of vitamin D (calcitriol) cut in half the fractures following organ transplant – meta-analysis Aug 2011
- 1000 IU minimum to decrease falls and fractures Swiss - 2009
- Meta-analysis of falls and 800+ IU of vitamin D found good results – June 2010
- 800 IU vitamin D reduces falls - Dec 2009
14 Pages listed in BOTH the categories Falls/Fracture and infants/Children - Leg fractures in children requiring surgery healed months faster if high vitamin D - Sept 2024
- Vitamin D deficiency in children: 9%, but up to 75% in children with fractures – April 2024
- Bone fractures of children not reduced if given little vitamin D, no Calcium etc. – RCT May 2023
- Low-energy fractures in children with low vitamin D - many studies
- Low energy bone fractures associated with low vitamin D – Dec 2022
- Increase in children with low vitamin D and with tibia fractures during COVID – June 2022
- Forearm fractures in children having low Vitamin D had 3.8 X higher risk of surgery – Aug 2020
- Vitamin D compliance 3X higher when children with fractures actually knew their low vitamin D level – March 2019
- Forearm fractures in children having low Vitamin D had 1.7X higher risk of surgery – March 2018
- Children with forearm fractures have lower levels of vitamin D – June 2017
- Children with fracture history have lower vitamin D levels – June 2016
- Childhood Fractures – consensus report on vitamin D – Feb 2016
- Bone fractures in children requiring surgery were 55X more likely with low vitamin D – June 2015
- Bone fracture in children 1.8 X more likely if born in winter (low vitamin D) – Dec 2014
24 Falls/Fracture Intervention trials - Muscles improved in women with 50,000 IU vitamin D weekly (8 weeks) plus daily Magnesium – RCT Sept 2020
- Bone fractures of children not reduced if given little vitamin D, no Calcium etc. – RCT May 2023
- Falls not decreased by 60,000 IU Vitamin D monthly (not a news item) – RCT Aug 2021
- Increasing Vitamin D in aged care facilities to more than 800 IUs did not reduce falls – Oct 2020
- Grip strength following wrist fracture increased by 50,000 IU Vitamin D monthly – May 2019
- Hip fracture recovery best with home exercise plus Vitamin D – RCT Dec 2018
- Fell more often with higher doses of vitamin D (not statistically significant) – Oct 2017
- Less bone loss if take 100,000 IU vitamin D monthly – RCT Nov 2017
- Probably Fractures of the Tibia can be healed with 100,000 IU of vitamin D weekly – RCT 2023
- Perhaps fewer bone non-unions with 100,000 IU weekly of vitamin D – RCT 2018
- 1 in 3 died after hip fracture but only 1 in 14 if add Vitamin D and exercise – RCT April 2017
- Added 1 lb of muscle to sarcopenia adults in 13 weeks with just 800 IU vitamin D and protein – RCT Jan 2017
- Monthly 100,000 IU of vitamin D decreased respiratory infection but increased falls – Nov 2016
- Elderly falls reduced 3.6 times by 900 IU of vitamin D and simple exercise – RCT Nov 2016
- Vitamin D and exercise after hip fracture surgery – far fewer deaths – July 2016
- Falls cut in half by 100,000 IU vitamin D monthly - RCT 2016
- 2X fewer Senior falls in group getting 100,000 IU vitamin D monthly via Meals-on-Wheels – RCT Aug 2015
- Rate of injuries from falls cut in half by just 800 IU of vitamin D and exercise – RCT May 2015
- Seniors need at least 4,000 IU vitamin D, no test needed – Consensus Jan 2014
- Hip fractures reduced 2X to 6X with just 10 minutes of sunlight daily – RCT 2003-2010
- Hip fracture reduced 38 percent with Calcium and just 400 IU of vitamin D – RCT Feb 2013
- Hip bone loss stopped with 1000 IU of vitamin D, while 400 IU similar to placebo – RCT April 2013
- Vertigo treated by Vitamin D - many studies
- 39% fewer falls with 2000 IU than 800 IU – RCT June 2010
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- Leg fractures in children requiring surgery healed months faster if high vitamin D - Sept 2024
- No increase in falls, fractures or all-cause mortality when Vitamin D is given monthly or less often– meta-analysis April 2024
- Bone fractures not reduced with 400 IU of Vitamin D plus Calcium (no surprise) WHI – strange RCT May 2024
- 100,000 IU of Vitamin D monthly (27 ng) is not enough to reduce fractures and falls – meta-analysis April 2024
- Vitamin D deficiency in children: 9%, but up to 75% in children with fractures – April 2024
- Hip joint destroyed in months (rare) is associated with especially low Vitamin D – Feb 2024
- Vertigo incidence reduced 40% by just 7,000 IU Vitamin D given weekly - RCT Feb 2024
- Hip fractures 60% more likely in people who drank a lot of milk - Greger Feb 2024
- Hip fracture risk was reduced by 4 times when Vitamin D was added to SERMS - Jan 2024
- Fall prevention - Vitamin D is one of the ways - umbrella review Jan 2024
- Most Japanese seniors with bone fractures have less than 10 ng of vitamin D - Jan 2024
- Muscles improved in women with 50,000 IU vitamin D weekly (8 weeks) plus daily Magnesium – RCT Sept 2020
- Hip fractures are predicted by 10 factors – low Vitamin D is the biggest – Aug 2023
- Risk of Hip fracture cut in half if Vitamin D was prescribed - Aug 2023
- Just 4,000 IU of vitamin D was not enough to halt senior falls – July 2023
- Higher air pollution associated with more fractures and lower levels of vitamin D – June 2023
- Bariatric surgery increases risk of bone fracture (less vitamin D adsorbed) - June 2023
- Bone fractures of children not reduced if given little vitamin D, no Calcium etc. – RCT May 2023
- Falls and frailty associated with low levels of both vitamins B12 and D3 – June 2023
- Parkinson’s – Vitamin D, bone and falls – Aug 2022
- Fracture treatment 2000 dollars less expensive if also use Vitamin D and Calcium – Feb 2023
- Fractures 1.5 X more-likely if low serum Magnesium – meta-analysis March 2023
- Bones not helped by tiny Vitamin D and Mg, for a short time with no exercise - Feb 2023
- Low-energy fractures in children with low vitamin D - many studies
- Low energy bone fractures associated with low vitamin D – Dec 2022
- Hip fractures requiring hospitalization cut in half by Vitamin K1 (100 mcg per day) – Sept 2022
- Vitamin D Does Not Reduce Fractures in seniors (VITAL 2,000 IU D, no Calcium) - Dec 2022
- Falls reduced by Vitamin D: 13 percent reduction if more than 700 IU – review of 38 trials – Aug 2022
- Study Finds Another Condition That Vitamin D Pills Do Not Help - NYT July 2022
- Increase in children with low vitamin D and with tibia fractures during COVID – June 2022
- Perhaps higher risk of fracture if low BMD plus low vitamin D – July 2022
- More hip fractures if low vitamin D (2.1X in case-controlled studies) – meta-analysis May 2022
- Falls not decreased by 60,000 IU Vitamin D monthly (not a news item) – RCT Aug 2021
- Less than 3 percent of hip fracture patients prescribed enough Vitamin D to make a difference (Malta in this case) – July 2021
- Recommends vitamin D after hip fracture ( but not enough and no-bone building co-factors) – May 2021
- Bone healing not improved by a single bolus dose of 30,000 IU (no surprise) – RCT April 2021
- Belgian Hospital standard of care – test all orthopedic patients for low Vitamin D – June 2020
- Bone density improved by monthly 50,000 IU of vitamin D for 6 months – RCT Jan 2021
- Yet another low Vitamin D health problem with increased COVID-19 risks (Vertebral Fracture) – Oct 2020
- Increased risk of fracture if high level of Vitamin D (if continue to take Calcium) – umbrella analysis of meta-analyses Nov 2020
- Falls are the second largest cause of accidental death in the world (Vitamin D not mentioned) – Oct 2020
- Increasing Vitamin D in aged care facilities to more than 800 IUs did not reduce falls – Oct 2020
- Bone increased : Stiffness (Vitamin D), Flexibility (Vitamin K2) – Sept 2020
- Forearm fractures in children having low Vitamin D had 3.8 X higher risk of surgery – Aug 2020
- Risk factors for death after hip fracture surgery – 7 of the 8 are associated with low vitamin D – Aug 2020
- A call to action: Vitamin D for hip fracture (50,000 weekly for 8 weeks, then bi-weekly – Holick July 2020
- 3.5 X higher risk of death 2 years after hip fracture surgery if low vitamin D – Jan 2020
- Hip fractures not prevented by Vitamin D (800 IU daily or large quarterly or annual doses) – meta-analysis – Dec 2019
- Low trauma bone fractures in seniors – considering Vitamin D loading dose for all, without testing – Nov 2019
- Hip fractures reduced 16 to 33 percent by any amount of Vitamin D and Calcium – Oct 2019
- Calcium by itself does not reduce risk of fractures (shown yet again) – Oct 2019
- Elderly with low vitamin D fall more often (Parkinson’s in this case) – Aug 2019
- Fracture risk 40 percent higher risk if low Vitamin D - June 2019
- Hip fracture rate increases in winter (subtropical Australia too) – Aug 2019
- Fractures reduced by monthly 30,000 IU of Vitamin D, perhaps 100,000 IU would be better – July 2019
- 4X reduction in bone fractures following Kidney Transplant with monthly Vitamin D (100,000 IU) - RCT June 2019
- Deaths due to falls doubled in just a decade (age-adjusted, perhaps decreased vitamin D) – June 2019
- Warning - High intake of Vitamin B12 and B6 found to increase risk of hip fracture by 47 percent - 2019
- Osteoporosis has no symptoms until a bone breaks
- Vitamin K (any amount and any kind) reduced bone fractures by 24 percent – meta-analysis – May 2019
- Grip strength following wrist fracture increased by 50,000 IU Vitamin D monthly – May 2019
- Vitamin D and Calcium cost-effectively reduce falls and fractures – April 2019
- Hard bones, soft arteries, rather than vice versa (Vitamin D and Vitamin K) – March 2016
- Vitamin D compliance 3X higher when children with fractures actually knew their low vitamin D level – March 2019
- Following hip fracture 2,000 IU of vitamin D daily improved quality of life – Feb 2019
- Younger Parkinson’s patients had better balance after 10,000 IU of vitamin D for 16 weeks – RCT Feb 2019
- Hip fractures worse if both high PTH and low Vitamin D – Jan 2019
- Hip fracture recovery best with home exercise plus Vitamin D – RCT Dec 2018
- Death of older hip fracture patients at least 1.6X more likely if low vitamin D – May 2018
- Vitamin D not help fractures and falls if not vitamin D deficient – meta-analysis Oct 2018
- Falls reduced by a third if achieved 40 ng level vitamin D– RCT Sept 2018
- Bone density improved with resveratrol (which improves Vitamin D Receptor) – RCT Sept 2018
- Postmenopausal women need Vitamin D, protein and exercise to prevent loss of muscle and bone – Aug 2018
- Vitamin D receptor (TT), which restricts Vit D to cells, is associated with balance problems in seniors – June 2018
- Osteomalacia (soft bones - ricket in children) – Vitamin D occurs 87 times in PDF, but not once in the abstract – March 2018
- Low-energy bone fractures far more likely if poor Vitamin K ratio – June 2018
- Risk of death after bone fracture was 6.6 X higher if less than 10 ng of vitamin D – June 2017
- Stress fractures appear associated with low vitamin D – Global review – May 2016
- Fall and fracture rates vs Vitamin D after standardization – March 2018
- Primary hyperparathyroidism surgery associated with 8 X increased risk of bone fracture if low vitamin D – May 2018
- 400 IU of vitamin D does not prevent fractures – US Preventive Services – April 2018
- France wants to reduce hip fractures by drinking 10 glasses of milk daily – April 2018
- Forearm fractures in children having low Vitamin D had 1.7X higher risk of surgery – March 2018
- Hip fractures rates have been increasing since 2012 – Feb 2018
- Fractures not reduced by small amounts of vitamin D - meta-analysis Dec 2017
- Trauma with fracture – 2 weeks longer hospital stay if less than 10 ng vitamin D – Jan 2018
- Children with forearm fractures have lower levels of vitamin D – June 2017
- Healthy hips need at least 30 ng of vitamin D (Shanghai) – Dec 2017
- Bone fractures 2.8 X more likely among cancer survivors (perhaps low vitamin D) – Dec 2017
- Spinal fracture in lifetime – 4 out of 10 women (vitamin D helps) – 2015 2017
- Vitamin D In Older Women - Fractures, Frailty and Mortality – Buchebner thesis 2017
- Fell more often with higher doses of vitamin D (not statistically significant) – Oct 2017
- Preventing Falls in Older Adults – Vitamin D combination is the best - JAMA Meta-analysis Nov 2017
- Less bone loss if take 100,000 IU vitamin D monthly – RCT Nov 2017
- Hip fracture risk reduced 6 percent for each daily dairy serving (more if full-fat dairy) – Oct 2017
- Fracture 4.8 X more likely if low vitamin D, Falls 2.7 X were more likely if low D – Oct 2017
- Probably Fractures of the Tibia can be healed with 100,000 IU of vitamin D weekly – RCT 2023
- Perhaps fewer bone non-unions with 100,000 IU weekly of vitamin D – RCT 2018
- France is planning to reduce hip fractures by dairy vitamin D fortification (plan will not work) – 2017
- Falls and vitamin D – another poor study – RCT Oct 2017
- 400 IU of Vitamin D is too little and annual is too infrequent to prevent falls-fractures (no news) USPSTF Sept 2017
- Bone fractures heal poorly with only 1,000 IU of vitamin D (not a surprise) – Sept 2017
- Bone fractures occurred twice as often if low Magnesium – April 2017
- Bone loss (following gastric cancer) reduced by 16,000 IU of vitamin D every 10 days – Aug 2017
- Omega-3 reduced fractures by a quarter (note: Omega-3 increases vitamin D in cells by a quarter) – July 2017
- Few Fractures if high Magnesium intake – 2X fewer for men, 2.6X for women – June 2017
- Bone fracture (low energy) 19X more likely in children if low vitamin K2 - June 2017
- Fast twitch muscles increased by Vitamin D in athletes and seniors (reduce falling) – Oct 2016
- Most Hip fracture patients had low vitamin D and protein (needed for strong bones) – May 2017
- Nonunion after elective foot or ankle reconstruction 8 times more likely if low vitamin D – May 2017
- Muscle strength not increased by Vitamin D - 96 percent were not deficient – RCT April 2017
- 1 in 3 died after hip fracture but only 1 in 14 if add Vitamin D and exercise – RCT April 2017
- Hip fracture 58 percent more likely if low vitamin D – meta-analysis March 2017
- Reducing fractures with Vitamin D and Calcium saves 3 dollars for 1 dollar invested – Europe Feb 2017
- Total hip replacement: 14 times more likely to redo if low vitamin D – March 2017
- Added 1 lb of muscle to sarcopenia adults in 13 weeks with just 800 IU vitamin D and protein – RCT Jan 2017
- Falls not decreased by 800 IU daily of vitamin D (proven again) – Dec 2016
- Monthly 100,000 IU of vitamin D decreased respiratory infection but increased falls – Nov 2016
- Many fractures in France could be avoided with Vitamin D – Oct 2016
- Give Vitamin D to all fracture patients – cost effective to prevent nonunions – Aug 2016
- Elderly falls reduced 3.6 times by 900 IU of vitamin D and simple exercise – RCT Nov 2016
- Vitamin D insufficiency increased after hip replacement: – 38% before, 68% the next day – Nov 2016
- Partial (proximal) hip fracture strongly associated with low Vitamin D – Aug 2016
- Increased stress fractures during military training if low vitamin D (now in UK as well as US) – Jan 2016
- 24 years ago hip fractures were reduced 24 percent in a large trial using Vitamin D and Ca – Oct 2016
- Bone fractures healed much better if more than 20ng of vitamin D – Sept 2016
- Stronger hip bone associated with higher levels of vitamin D – Aug 2015
- Free Vitamin D in New Zealand to prevent falls in nursing homes (50,000 IU monthly) – June 2016
- Vitamin D and exercise after hip fracture surgery – far fewer deaths – July 2016
- Children with fracture history have lower vitamin D levels – June 2016
- Falls cut in half by 100,000 IU vitamin D monthly - RCT 2016
- Hospital found that Vitamin D saves money by improving bone fracture healing– March 2016
- Falls not reduced by just 8 weeks of vitamin D – Feb 2016
- Childhood Fractures – consensus report on vitamin D – Feb 2016
- Vitamin D INCREASED falls – 7 reasons why the study was probably invalid– Jan 2016
- Hip fracture 3X more likely if low vitamin D – Dec 2015
- Hip fracture 50 percent more likely if low in both vitamin D and vitamin K1 – Dec 2015
- Rate of falls reduced 2X by just 1000 IU of vitamin D – RCT Nov 2015
- Fracture risk reduced somewhat by 800 IU of vitamin D and Calcium – meta-analysis Oct 2015
- Acute fracture patients – 70 percent were vitamin D deficient – meta-analysis Sept 2015
- Vitamin D prescribed for fragility fractures by 66 percent of Canadian doctors, huge range in dose size – Sept 2015
- Hip Fracture 2.5 times more likely if poor Vitamin D Binding Protein gene - Aug 2015
- 2X fewer Senior falls in group getting 100,000 IU vitamin D monthly via Meals-on-Wheels – RCT Aug 2015
- 800 IU of vitamin D does not prevent enough falls to be cost effective - July 2015
- Calcium supplements proven to NOT reduce fractures, but are proven to INCREASE heart problems – July 2015
- Bone fractures in children requiring surgery were 55X more likely with low vitamin D – June 2015
- Bone strength (more accurate than BMD) is inversely associated with vitamin D level – May 2015
- Delirium 2.7 X more likely after hip fracture and low vitamin D – May 2015
- Long bone fracture – prediction by low vitamin D is better than low BMD – Sept 2014
- Fractures reduced 30 percent by Omega-3 (Omega-3 activates vitamin D) – May 2015
- Foot and Ankle Fracture Healing – vitamin D appears promising for everyone– review May 2015
- Mobility device – 50 percent increased use (perhaps decreased vitamin D levels) - May 2015
- Rate of injuries from falls cut in half by just 800 IU of vitamin D and exercise – RCT May 2015
- Vitamin D improves muscle strength, reduces falling, and reduces frailty – review March 2015
- 800 IU of vitamin D does not prevent falls (nope, need at least 2,000) - March 2015
- Frequent falls in nursing home more likely due to drug haze than low vitamin D – Jan 2015
- Hip fracture outcome 5X more likely to be poor if low vitamin D – Jan 2015
- Falls not prevented by vitamin D given every 3 months or less often – meta-analysis Jan 2015
- Vitamin D prevents falls – majority of meta-analyses conclude – meta-meta analysis Feb 2015
- Vitamin D and fractures – 24 meta-analyses and counting – Dec 2014
- Falls are prevented by vitamin D - provided you get enough - Dec 2014
- Save 2 billion dollars annually in fractures if take Vitamin D and Calcium – Frost and Sullivan Sept 2013
- Bone fracture in children 1.8 X more likely if born in winter (low vitamin D) – Dec 2014
- Hip replacement 2X more likely if hip bone surgery was during winter (low vitamin D) – Dec 2014
- Reduce chance of falling with 800 IU of vitamin D - European Food Safety Authority - Nov 2014
- More aged are falling - even age-adjusted - Nov 2014
- Seniors need at least 4,000 IU vitamin D, no test needed – Consensus Jan 2014
- UK would save as least 636 million dollars annually by giving 800 IU vitamin D free to all seniors – June 2014
- Hip fracture – not getting enough vitamin D – 2013
- Bone fractures reduced by a minimum of 800 IU vitamin D and Calcium – meta-meta-analysis March 2014
- Fractures reduced with any amount of vitamin D and some Calcium - Cochraine April 2014
- Vitamin A increases risk of fracture if too much or too little – meta-analysis April 2014
- Fallers often had less than 20 ng of vitamin D – meta-analysis April 2014
- Parkinson's patients having more vitamin D had better balance control – July 2013
- Seniors with adequate vitamin D could rebalance themselves 80% faster, and thus not fall as often – 2013
- Hip fractures reduced 2X to 6X with just 10 minutes of sunlight daily – RCT 2003-2010
- 1 in 4 Iranian patients did not achieve 20 ng with 3700 IU vitamin D daily for a year after fracture – Nov 2013
- Hip fracture rate varies with latitude (and thus vitamin D) in Sweden – Nov 2013
- Obese diabetics had low vitamin D and spine fractures – June 2013
- Men with hip fracture were 1.6X more likely to have low vitamin D – Aug 2013
- Low vitamin D, not low BMD, associated with both breaking hip and upper body bone in a fall – Oct 2013
- Yet again, 800 IU of vitamin D was found to be barely enough to help bones – Lancet Oct 2013
- Fewer heart attacks, hip fractures and deaths if more skin cancer – Sept 2013
- Sarcopenia and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (vitamin D not mentioned) – Sept 2013
- Hip fracture reduced 38 percent with Calcium and just 400 IU of vitamin D – RCT Feb 2013
- Following a stroke, a hip fracture is 6X more likely if low vitamin D – July 2001
- 20 percent fewer male hip fractures if more Magnesium in the water – July 2013
- Muscles and Vitamin D - many studies
- Half as many hip fractures if take Calcium, hormones, and a tiny amount of vitamin D – July 2013
- Male Hip fracture 1.65X more likely if low vitamin D – May 2013
- Vitamin D needed to prevent and treat hip fracture, but only 20 percent got any – May 2013
- Hip bone loss stopped with 1000 IU of vitamin D, while 400 IU similar to placebo – RCT April 2013
- Hydroaerobics added to Vitamin D and Ca significantly improved physical function – March 2013
- Lower vitamin D in elderly group with fractures – March 2013
- Fracture reduction vs vitamin D - trial history May 2004
- Doubt that vitamin D prevents fractures, especially without Calcium – Jan 2013
- Guideline following hip fracture – 50000 IU vitamin D daily for 7 days – Jan 2013
- Supra-Optimal Vitamin D Status – great phrase, no detail Jan 2013
- Bone fracture healing not a function of vitamin D level – Jan 2013
- The more the elderly got sunshine, the fewer falls they had - 2011
- Hip fracture 19 percent less likely with just 4 ng higher level of vitamin D – Dec 2012
- Low vitamin D associated with osteoporotic fractures up to 10 years later– Nov 2012
- Vertigo treated by Vitamin D - many studies
- Hip fractures greatly reduced by sunshine, vitamin D, and vitamin K – meta-analysis Sept 2012
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- Vertebral fracture 3X more likely with aortic calcification – Vitamins D3 and K2 Sept 2012
- Vertebral fracture 7X more likely in diabetic men who were vitamin D deficient – Oct 2012
- Vitamin D was not a predictor of osteoporosis fractures – Sept 2012
- Vitamin D may prevent falls and fractures without Calcium – an overview of 9 meta-analysis – Oct 2012
- Vitamin D reduces falls and fractures for some – April 2012
- Vitamin D not associated with PAD after adjusting for race, diabetes and BMI – July 2012
- Hip fractures reduced 30 percent with 800 IU of vitamin D – meta-analysis July 2012
- Declining hip fracture rates in the United States – unknown reason – June 2010
- Ankle strength and vitamin D lowest in winter, and were associated with more elderly falls – May 2012
- Task force for senior fall prevention finally recommends 800 IU of vitamin D – May 2012
- Calcium (alone) does not reduce risk of bone fracture
- Falls of elderly whites increasing 5 percent per year – Jan 2012
- Only half of bone fracture patients were given treatment, the most popular being vitamin D – Dec 2011
- Kaiser working to decrease hip and other fractures – Nov 2011
- Risk of falls minimized with just 24 ng of vitamin D – June 2011
- Fraser Health in Canada will be giving 20000 IU vitamin D weekly to reduce falls – Nov 2011
- Chance of a fall decreased with vitamin D3 but increased with D2 – Oct 2011
- Vitamin D reduces falls – meta-analysis Oct 2011
- Active form of vitamin D (calcitriol) cut in half the fractures following organ transplant – meta-analysis Aug 2011
- 30 percent less chance of dying after hip fracture if take vitamin D and other drugs – 2011
- 2X more falls for senior men with less than 20ng of vitamin D – April 2011
- Role of the orthopaedic surgeon in fragility fractures – June 2011
- Majority of animal bone fractures healed more quickly with vitamin D – May 2011
- Hip fracture patients had only 16 ng of vitamin D – May 2011
- Most people with bone fractures still not getting vitamin D – May 2011
- Having less than 25 ng of vitamin D was associated with severe hip fracture – March 2011
- Low Vitamin D and Vitamin K: brittle bones and hardened arteries – LEF Sept 2010
- Fracture patients with bone diseases lacked vitamin D and calcium – Mar 2011
- Hip fractures worse if very low on vitamin D – Mar 2011
- Review of non-bone effects of vitamin D on fall prevention – Oct 2010
- 75 percent of hip fractures associated with vitamin D deficiency - Jan 2011
- Wrist fracture is also associated with vitamin D inadequacy
- Overview Fractures and vitamin D
- No reduction in Finish fractures with 800 IU Vitamin D3 and Calcium – Dec 2010
- Overview Fractures and Falls and Vitamin D
- Vitamin D 2nd most recommended way to prevent next hip fracture – Nov 2010
- 3 instead of 11 fractures with Parkinson disease when have enough sun - Nov 2010
- Fewer falls and fractures as vitamin D is increased – 1800 to 4000 IU July 2010
- Upper body bones fractured along with hip when extremely low on vitamin D – Sept 2010
- Both Calcium AND vitamin D needed to prevent elderly fractures – Sept 2010
- Fewer bone and stress fractures with vitamin D - many studies
- 1000 IU minimum to decrease falls and fractures Swiss - 2009
- Only vitamin D helped prevent falls after stroke – July 2010
- Vitamin D and Calcium best to prevent falls – RCT 2009
- Cochrane review finds that Vitamin D prevents falls in nursing homes – downloaded Feb 2010
- Cochrane review finds that Vitamin D helps prevent fractures– downloaded Feb 2010
- Cochrane review finds that Vitamin D prevents falls – Feb 2010
- Meta-analysis of falls and 800+ IU of vitamin D found good results – June 2010
- 39% fewer falls with 2000 IU than 800 IU – RCT June 2010
- More muscle response when have adequate vitamin D
- Vitamin D and calcium for the prevention of fractures
- 800 IU vitamin D reduces falls - Dec 2009
Falls & Fractures Associated with: Bone - Health 28, Intervention 24, Osteoporosis 16, Seniors 14, Infant-Child 11, Vitamin K 9, Intervention - non-daily 9, ...
Cost savings 8 Calcium 7 Parkinson 7 Mortality 6 Magnesium 5 Trauma and surgery 5 Sports 5 Cardiovascular 5 Women 5 as of Feb 2024
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