Vitamin D Not Reduce Short-Term All-Cause Mortality (if less than 2000 IU, etc.) Sept 2019

Vitamin D Supplementation Didn't Lower Short-Term All-Cause Mortality New England Journal of Medicine

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Zhang Y et al. Association between vitamin D supplementation and mortality: Systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ 2019 Aug 12; 366:l4673.
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Portion of Zhang subanalysis

Also note: They counted deaths from the first day of taking the vitamin,
    but Vitamin D typically does not take effect for at least 3 months

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Mortality starts with:
Note: Big change in mortality if look at 12 years instead of 3 years
People die sooner if they have low vitamin D

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