Panagiotis Anagnostis, Sarantis Livadas, Dimitrios G Goulis, Silvia Bretz, Iuliana Ceausu, Fatih Durmusoglu, Risto Erkkola, Ivan Fistonic, Marco Gambacciani, Marije Geukes, Haitham Hamoda, Caoimhe Hartley, Angelica Lindén Hirschberg, Blazej Meczekalski, Nicolas Mendoza, Alfred Mueck, Antonina Smetnik, Petra Stute, Mick van Trotsenburg, Margaret Rees, Irene Lambrinoudaki
INTRODUCTION: There is increasing evidence that vitamin D has widespread tissue effects. In addition to osteoporosis, vitamin D deficiency has been associated with cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, infections and neurodegenerative disease. However, the effect of vitamin D supplementation on non-skeletal outcomes requires clarification, especially in postmenopausal women. AIM: This position statement provides an evidence-based overview of the role of vitamin D in the health of postmenopausal women based on observational and interventional studies...
March 2023: Maturitas