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Vitamin D and cancer risk in older women:

A population-based randomized 4-year study conducted in Nebraska enrolled 1179 women aged 55 years and older, with no known cancer. Participants were randomly assigned to 3 groups: 1) Placebo (calcium placebo plus vitamin D placebo, n=266); 2) calcium-only (1400 mg calcium citrate or 1500 mg calcium carbonate plus vitamin D placebo, n=416); and Calcium + D (1000 IU [25 mcg] vitamin D plus calcium [as above], n=403). Serum samples were analyzed for levels of 25(OH)D, vitamin D, at baseline and then yearly. Study results found 50 women developed non-skin cancer during the study: 13 in the first year, and 37 during the second to fourth years. The relative risk (RR) for the calcium + D group was 0.232 (confidence interval [CI], 0.09โ€“0.60; P<.005), and the RR for the calcium-only group was 0.587 (95% CI, 0.29โ€“1.21; P=.147) compared with the placebo group. Increasing the dose of vitamin D from the current standard of 400โ€“600 IU per day to 1000 IU per day lowers future risk of cancer in women older than age 55 who do not get adequate vitamin D from sun exposure or diet. (24)

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