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Calciol increases serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration

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01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“A Treatment × Time interaction (F1,41 = 66.5; p<0.001) was detected such that a robust increase in 25(OH)D was observed in the vitamin D group, whereas the placebo group exhibited a slight increase in 25(OH)D.”
Quoted verbatim from Vitamin D3 supplementation for 16 weeks improves flow-mediated dilation in overweight African-American adults.
This finding among the 36 findings on its endpoint

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Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration

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Who
Apparently healthy African American men and women aged 19 to 50 with no overt cardiovascular, pulmonary or metabolic disease; completers with FMD testing
Dose studied
60,000 IU oral vitamin D3 every 4 weeks at supervised visits, 16 weeks, against identical placebo

Moderate evidencePMID 21311504 · 2011

02 · The study

Study
RCT
Duration
4 months

Evidence, by strength

  • strong
  • moderatethis finding
  • limited
  • very limited
  • insufficient

03 · The paper

American journal of hypertension
What else it reported2 findings · 1 compound · 2 endpoints

04 · To cite this finding

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https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M6ZDKBADA2HDVYZZ42Z5RBPV