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Dose and time responses of vitamin D biomarkers to monthly vitamin D3 supplementation in overweight/obese African Americans with suboptimal vitamin d status: a placebo controlled randomized clinical…

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Title
Dose and time responses of vitamin D biomarkers to monthly vitamin D3 supplementation in overweight/obese African Americans with suboptimal vitamin d status: a placebo controlled randomized clinical trial
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BMC Obesity, July 2015
DOI 10.1186/s40608-015-0056-2
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Jigar Bhagatwala, Haidong Zhu, Samip J. Parikh, De-Huang Guo, Ishita Kotak, Ying Huang, Robyn Havens, Michael Pham, Eric Afari, Susan Kim, Christopher Cutler, Norman K. Pollock, Yutong Dong, Anas Raed, Yanbin Dong

Abstract

A critical need exists to better understand the physiological sequel of vitamin D supplementation in obese individuals and African Americans. The aim was to comprehensively evaluate dose- and time-responses of a panel of vitamin D biomarkers to vitamin D supplements in this population. We conducted a 16-week randomized, double-blinded, and placebo-controlled clinical trial. Seventy overweight/obese African Americans (age 13-45 years, 84 % females) with 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] concentrations ≤20 ng/mL were randomly assigned to receive a supervised monthly oral vitamin D3 of 18,000 IU (~600 IU/day, n = 17), 60,000 IU (~2000 IU/day, n = 18), 120,000 IU (~4000 IU/day, n = 18), or placebo (n = 17). There were significant dose- and time-responses of circulating 25(OH)D, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D [1,25(OH)2D], and intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH), but not fibroblast growth factor-23 (FGF-23), phosphorus and urine calcium to the vitamin D supplements. The mean 25(OH)D concentrations in the 2000 IU and 4000 IU groups reached ≥30 ng/mL as early as 8-weeks and remained at similar level at 16-weeks. The increase of 25(OH)D was significantly higher in the 4000 IU group than all the other groups at 8-weeks. The increase of 1,25(OH)2D was significantly higher in the 2000 IU and 4000 IU groups than the placebo at 8-weeks. Only the 4000 IU compared to the placebo significantly reduced iPTH at 8- and 16-weeks. Our RCT, for the first time, comprehensively evaluated time- and dose- responses of vitamin D supplementation in overweight/obese African Americans with suboptimal vitamin D status. Circulating 25(OH)D, 1,25(OH)2D, and iPTH, but not FGF-23, phosphorus and urine calcium, respond to vitamin D supplementation in a time- and dose-response manner. By monthly dosing, 2000 IU appears to be sufficient in achieving a 25(OH)D level of 30 ng/mL in this population. However, importantly, 4000 IU, rather than 2000 IU, seems to suppress iPTH. If replicated, these data might be informative in optimizing vitamin D status and providing individualized dosing recommendation in overweight/obese African Americans. ClinicalTrials.gov number: NCT01583621, Registered on April 3, 2012.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 10 24%
Student > Master 8 19%
Professor > Associate Professor 4 10%
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 5%
Other 7 17%
Unknown 7 17%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 11 26%
Nursing and Health Professions 5 12%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 5 12%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 10%
Social Sciences 2 5%
Other 5 12%
Unknown 10 24%
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#8,426,764
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#87
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#92,143
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Outputs of similar age from BMC Obesity
#3
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