Vitamin D Supplementation and Increased Risk of Falling: A Cautionary Tale of Vitamin Supplements Retold

JAMA Intern Med. 2016 Feb;176(2):171-2. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.7568.

Authors

Steven R Cummings¹, Douglas P Kiel², Dennis M Black³

Affiliations

¹ California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute, San Francisco2Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco.
² Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco.

PMID: 26746474
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.7568

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Accidental Falls / prevention & control*
Calcifediol / administration & dosage*
Female
Humans
Male
Vitamin D / analogs & derivatives*
Vitamin D Deficiency / prevention & control*

Substances

Vitamin D
Calcifediol