Maintenance vitamin D3 dosage requirements in Chinese women with post menopausal osteoporosis living in the tropics

• Main Authors: Venugopal, Yogeswari, Hatta, Sharifah Sharifah Faradila Wan Muhamad, Musa, Nurbazlin, Rahman, Siti Abdul, Ratnasingam, Jeyakantha, Paramasivam, Sharmila Sunita, Lim, Lee Ling, Ibrahim, Luqman, Choong, Karen, Tan, Alexander Tong Boon, Chinna, Karuthan, Chan, Siew Pheng, Vethakkan, Shireene Ratna
• Format: Article
• Published: HEC Press 2017
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/22847/; https://doi.org/10.6133/apjcn.042016.10

Background and Objectives: Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) dose required to maintain sufficiency in non- Caucasian women with postmenopausal osteoporosis (PMO) inthe tropics has not been well studied. Some guidelines mandate 800-1000 IU vitamin D/day but the Endocrine Society (US) advocates 1500-2000 I...