date:Jul 10, 2012
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Evaluation of individual-level data is the gold-standard of meta-analysis,she noted.
The team divided the subjects into quartiles ranging from 0 to 2,000 International Units (IUs) of daily vitamin D intake.
In the top quartile, there was a 30% reduction in hip fracture risk and a 14% reduced risk of fracturing other bones, compared to the control groups.
Dawson-Hughes said the results of the current study would be strengthened by large interventional trials investigating the impact of vi