Background: Data on the vitamin D status of the population in a tropical country such as
India have seldom been documented. Vitamin D deficiency is presumed to be rare …

Ascorbic acid is a required cofactor in the hydroxylations of lysine and proline necessary for
collagen formation; its role in bone cell differentiation and formation is less well …

The role of vitamin-D in determining bone mineral density (BMD), especially in less severe
vitamin D deficiency, is still unclear. To investigate the possible association between 25 …

OBJECTIVES: The vitamin D nutrition status of young adult women is unclear, but a recent
preliminary report suggested that they may have vitamin D insufficiency. This study …

Abstract Summary The Women's Health Initiative (WHI) double-blind, placebo-controlled
clinical trial randomly assigned 36,282 postmenopausal women in the US to 1,000 mg …

Introduction Vitamin D plays an important role in bone health. Our purpose was to measure
serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations and their determinants in a national sample (n …

Background Previous in vitro and in vivo studies indicate that enzymes that synthesize and
metabolize vitamin D are magnesium dependent. Recent observational studies found that …

Calcium and vitamin D constitute the foundation of any preventive or therapeutic regimen for
osteoporosis. This is because bone is 50% mineral by volume and because maintenance or …

Background: Optimal vitamin D status for the prevention of osteoporosis has been inferred
from examinations of the serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25 (OH) D] concentration below which …

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Danish legislation regarding food fortification has been very
restrictive and vitamin D deficiency is thought to be common in Denmark due to inadequate …