Vitamin D Supplementation in Postmenopausal Black Women

Vitamin D deficiency in postmenopausal Egyptian women.

Dose response to vitamin D supplementation in postmenopausal women: a randomized trial.

BACKGROUND Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-[OH]D) is considered the best biomarker of clinical vitamin D status. OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of increasing oral doses of vitamin D(3) on serum 25-(OH)D and serum parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels in postmenopausal white women with vitamin D insufficiency (defined as a 25-[OH]D level ≤50 nmol/L) in the presence of adequate calcium intake. Thes...

Effects of vitamin D supplementation on pulmonary function in postmenopausal women following an aquatic exercise program.

Objective This study sought to investigate the effects of vitamin D supplementation and aquatic exercise on pulmonary function in postmenopausal women. Materials and methods This prospective and controlled study included 104 women (62 ± 6.5 years) divided into three groups: a control group lacking vitamin D and calcium supplementation which remained sedentary (CG; n = 17); a control group rec...

Vitamin D supplementation for women during pregnancy.

BACKGROUND Vitamin D deficiency or insufficiency is thought to be common among pregnant women. Vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy has been suggested as an intervention to protect against adverse pregnancy outcomes. OBJECTIVES To examine whether oral supplements with vitamin D alone or in combination with calcium or other vitamins and minerals given to women during pregnancy can safely...

Dose response to vitamin D supplementation among postmenopausal African American women.

BACKGROUND Reports on the dose response to vitamin D are conflicting, and most data were derived from white men and women. OBJECTIVE The objective was to determine the response of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] to oral vitamin D(3) supplementation in an African American population. DESIGN Healthy black postmenopausal women (n = 208) participated in a vitamin D(3) supplementation trial ...