Preventing vitamin D deficiency during the COVID-19 pandemic: UK definitions of vitamin D sufficiency and recommended supplement dose are set too low
George Griffin, Martin Hewison, Julian Hopkin, Rose Anne Kenny, Richard Quinton, Jonathan Rhodes, Sreedhar Subramanian and David Thickett
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0858
Clin Med January 2021 George Griffin
ASt George's, University of London, London, UK
Roles: emeritus professor of infectious diseases and medicine
Martin Hewison
BUniversity of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
Roles: professor of molecular endocrinology
Julian Hopkin
CSwansea University, Swansea, UK
Roles: rector of medicine and health and professor of experimental medicine
Rose Anne Kenny
DTrinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Roles: professor of medical gerontology
Richard Quinton
ENewcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Roles: senior lecturer in endocrinology
Jonathan Rhodes
FUniversity of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
Roles: emeritus professor of medicine
Sreedhar Subramanian
GRoyal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, UK
Roles: consultant gastroenterologist
David Thickett
HUniversity of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
Roles: professor in respiratory medicine
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Preventing vitamin D deficiency during the COVID-19 pandemic: UK definitions of vitamin D sufficiency and recommended supplement dose are set too low
George Griffin, Martin Hewison, Julian Hopkin, Rose Anne Kenny, Richard Quinton, Jonathan Rhodes, Sreedhar Subramanian, David Thickett
Clinical Medicine Jan 2021, 21 (1) e48-e51; DOI: 10.7861/clinmed.2020-0858
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Preventing vitamin D deficiency during the COVID-19 pandemic: UK definitions of vitamin D sufficiency and recommended supplement dose are set too low
George Griffin, Martin Hewison, Julian Hopkin, Rose Anne Kenny, Richard Quinton, Jonathan Rhodes, Sreedhar Subramanian, David Thickett
Clinical Medicine Jan 2021, 21 (1) e48-e51; DOI: 10.7861/clinmed.2020-0858
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- Vitamin D, COVID-19 and current guidance
- Seeking the evidence base for the UK SACN threshold for vitamin D sufficiency at 25 nmol/L
- The evidence base for 50 nmol/L as the threshold for 25(OH)D sufficiency
- Identification of the daily supplement dosage needed to achieve optimal vitamin D status defined as ≥50 nmol/L
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