martes, 26 de febrero de 2013

Final Recommendation Statement: Vitamin D and Calcium Supplementation to Prevent Fractures in Adults

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) sent this bulletin at 02/26/2013 08:00 AM EST

Today, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force released its final recommendation statement on vitamin D and calcium supplementation to prevent fractures in adults. To view the recommendation and the evidence on which it is based, please go to http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/uspsvitd.htm. A fact sheet that explains the final recommendation statement in plain language is also available on this page. The final recommendation can also be found in the February 26 online issue of Annals of Internal Medicine.

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

Vitamin D and Calcium Supplementation to Prevent Fractures

This topic page summarizes the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations on vitamin D and calcium supplementation to prevent fractures in adults.

Current Recommendations

Release Date: February 2013

The USPSTF concludes that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of the benefits and harms of combined vitamin D and calcium supplementation for the primary prevention of fractures in premenopausal women or in men.
Grade: I Statement.
The USPSTF concludes that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of the benefits and harms of daily supplementation with greater than 400 IU of vitamin D₃ and greater than 1,000 mg of calcium for the primary prevention of fractures in noninstitutionalized postmenopausal women.
Grade: I Statement.
The USPSTF recommends against daily supplementation with 400 IU or less of vitamin D₃ and 1,000 mg or less of calcium for the primary prevention of fractures in noninstitutionalized postmenopausal women.
Grade: D Recommendation.

Supporting Documents

Supporting Document	Related Items
Recommendation Statement (PDF File, 139 KB; PDF Help)	Related Items
	Clinical Summary (PDF File, 64 KB; PDF Help)
	Consumer Fact Sheet (PDF File, 88 KB; PDF Help)
	Summary of USPSTF Recommendations on Vitamin D Supplementation (PDF File, 354 KB; PDF Help)
Evidence Report (PDF File, 322 KB; PDF Help	Evidence Synthesis (PDF File, 26.8 MB; PDF Help)

Current as of February 2013

Internet Citation:

Vitamin D and Calcium Supplementation to Prevent Fractures, Topic Page. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/uspsvitd.htm