IOF position statement: vitamin D recommendations for older adults

B Dawson-Hughes; A Mithal; J-P Bonjour; S Boonen; P Burckhardt; G E-H Fuleihan; R G Josse; P Lips; J Morales-Torres; N Yoshimura

doi:10.1007/s00198-010-1285-3

IOF position statement: vitamin D recommendations for older adults

Osteoporos Int. 2010 Jul;21(7):1151-4. doi: 10.1007/s00198-010-1285-3. Epub 2010 Apr 27.

Authors

B Dawson-Hughes¹, A Mithal, J-P Bonjour, S Boonen, P Burckhardt, G E-H Fuleihan, R G Josse, P Lips, J Morales-Torres, N Yoshimura

Affiliation

¹ Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, 711 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111, USA. bess.dawson-hughes@tufts.edu

PMID: 20422154
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-010-1285-3

Abstract

This position paper of the International Osteoporosis Foundation makes recommendations for vitamin D nutrition in elderly men and women from an evidence-based perspective.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Accidental Falls / prevention & control
Administration, Oral
Aged
Drug Administration Schedule
Evidence-Based Medicine
Female
Fractures, Bone / etiology
Fractures, Bone / prevention & control
Humans
Male
Nutritional Requirements
Vitamin D / administration & dosage*
Vitamin D / analogs & derivatives
Vitamin D / blood
Vitamin D / therapeutic use
Vitamin D Deficiency / complications
Vitamin D Deficiency / diagnosis
Vitamin D Deficiency / drug therapy

Substances

Vitamin D
25-hydroxyvitamin D