@article{ref1,
title=""Vitamin D - why does it matter?" - Defining Vitamin D deficiency and its prevalence",
journal="Scandinavian journal of clinical and laboratory investigation supplementum",
year="2012",
author="Bischoff-Ferrari, Heike A.",
volume="243",
number="",
pages="3-6",
abstract="Abstract Vitamin D deficiency is prevalent in about 50 % of adults and limited data support a similar prevalence in children. This is of concern, as vitamin D deficiency is a risk factor for falls and fractures and several double-blind RCTs provide evidence that supplementation reduces the risk of fall and fractures among the senior population. Further, large epidemiologic studies consistently report that vitamin D deficiency confers an increased risk of mortality, cardiovascular disease and cancer, especially colo-rectal cancer. However, as large clinical trials for non-musculoskeletal endpoints are missing today, public health recommendations are based primarily on bone health to argue vitamin D repletion in the population.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0085-591X",
doi="10.3109/00365513.2012.681938",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/00365513.2012.681938"
}