Vitamin D and Health
SACN_Vitamin_D_and_Health_report
SACN_Vitamin_D_and_Health_report
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Contents<br />
Preface ............................................................................................................................................. v<br />
Membership of Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition: Working Group on <strong>Vitamin</strong> D ........... vi<br />
Membership of Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition ......................................................... viii<br />
Summary .......................................................................................................................................... x<br />
1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 1<br />
2. Biology <strong>and</strong> metabolism .......................................................................................................... 5<br />
3. Photobiology of vitamin D .................................................................................................... 18<br />
4. Measuring vitamin D exposure (from diet <strong>and</strong> skin synthesis) ............................................... 28<br />
5. Relationship between vitamin D exposure (from diet & skin synthesis) <strong>and</strong> serum 25(OH)D<br />
concentration ........................................................................................................................ 34<br />
6. <strong>Vitamin</strong> D <strong>and</strong> health outcomes ............................................................................................ 41<br />
Musculoskeletal health outcomes ......................................................................................... 42<br />
Rickets.......................................................................................................................... 45<br />
Osteomalacia ............................................................................................................... 47<br />
Other musculoskeletal health outcomes (beyond rickets <strong>and</strong> osteomalacia) by life<br />
stage ............................................................................................................................ 48<br />
Conclusions - vitamin D <strong>and</strong> musculoskeletal outcomes .............................................. 67<br />
Non-musculoskeletal health outcomes ................................................................................. 69<br />
Pregnancy <strong>and</strong> lactation: non-skeletal outcomes in mother <strong>and</strong> baby ......................... 69<br />
Cancers ........................................................................................................................ 74<br />
Cardiovascular disease & hypertension ........................................................................ 76<br />
All-cause mortality ....................................................................................................... 80<br />
Immune modulation ..................................................................................................... 81<br />
Infectious diseases ....................................................................................................... 86<br />
Neuropsychological functioning (cognitive function, depression, dementia, autism,<br />
schizophrenia) .............................................................................................................. 91<br />
Oral health ................................................................................................................... 94<br />
Age-related macular degeneration .............................................................................. 96<br />
Conclusions – non-musculoskeletal health outcomes .................................................. 97<br />
Selection of health outcomes to inform the setting of DRVs for vitamin D ........................... 98<br />
7. Potential adverse effects of high vitamin D intakes/serum 25(OH)D concentration ............ 101<br />
8. Dietary vitamin D intakes <strong>and</strong> serum/plasma 25(OH)D concentrations in the UK ............... 108<br />
9. Review of DRVs for vitamin D .............................................................................................. 116<br />
10. Overall summary <strong>and</strong> conclusions ....................................................................................... 130<br />
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