Vitamin D and fracture prevention
Do vitamin D supplements prevent fragility fractures? Vitamin D supplementation alone does not prevent fractures regardless of dose, baseline vitamin D level, or previous fractures. The combination of calcium and vitamin D might reduce the total risk of fractures from 11.5% to 10.9% and risk of
Authors
- Émélie Braschi
- Jennifer Young (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-6425-0730)
Institutions
- College of Family Physicians of Canada (CA)
- Élisabeth Bruyère Hospital (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Canadian Family Physician
- Published
- 2025-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.46747/cfp.7102121
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Vitamin D Research Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.47