Clinical Nutrition: Vitamin D supplementation can reduce the risk of falls in elderly people who lack vitamin D

Vitamin D is one of the most important nutrients to maintain the body's functions, and it plays an important role in the growth and development of the human body
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Especially for bone development and metabolism, it is an unavailable substance

Researchers systematically searched multiple literature databases, including PubMed and Embase, and included randomized clinical trials (RCTs) reporting the effects of vitamin D supplementation alone or supplementation with calcium on the incidence of falls into this meta-analysis

Finally, a total of 31 studies with 57,867 participants were included, reporting a total of 17,623 falls
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A total of 21 RCTs using vitamin D alone and 10 RCTs using vitamin D plus calcium were included in the meta-analysis

This study confirms that the combination of vitamin D and calcium is beneficial in preventing falls in the elderly
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Although vitamin D supplementation alone has no effect on the risk of falls in the elderly with 25(OH)D levels higher than 50 nmol/L, vitamin D supplementation alone does not affect the elderly with 25(OH)D levels lower than 50 nmol/L.

Original source:

Yali Ling.