DO VITAMIN D SUPPLEMENTS IMPROVE THE PHYSICAL CAPABILITIES OF ELDERLY HOSPITAL PATIENTS?
- 1 March 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Age and Ageing
- Vol. 14 (2) , 76-84
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/14.2.76
Abstract
A randomized double-blind controlled trial of the effect of vitamin D supplementation on the abilities of elderly hospital patients to carry out basic activities of daily life is described. Those patients included in the trial had plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations which were low or low normal as judged by the normal range in young adults. After 2 to 9 months on the trial there was no significant difference in the performance of the control and treatment groups.Keywords
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