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Trial reportJournal of nutritional science2021

Time out: should vitamin D dosing be based on patient's body mass index (BMI): a prospective controlled study.

Mir Sadat-Ali, Khalid W AlTabash, Haifa A Al-Turki, Sulaiman A AlMousa, Hasan N AlSayed

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of nutritional science, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Mir Sadat-AliDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, King Fahd Hospital of the University, Imam AbdulRahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. BOX 40071, AlKhobar 31952, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-8590-0830
Khalid W AlTabashDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, King Fahd Hospital of the University, Imam AbdulRahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. BOX 40071, AlKhobar 31952, Saudi Arabia.
Haifa A Al-TurkiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, King Fahd Hospital of the University, Imam AbdulRahman Bin Faisal University, AlKhobar 31952, Saudi Arabia.
Sulaiman A AlMousaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, King Fahd Hospital of the University, Imam AbdulRahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. BOX 40071, AlKhobar 31952, Saudi Arabia.
Hasan N AlSayedDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, King Fahd Hospital of the University, Imam AbdulRahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. BOX 40071, AlKhobar 31952, Saudi Arabia.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The recommended daily dose of vitamin D is 2000 IU was found to be insufficient in many patients. The objective of the present study is to find whether the daily dose of vitamin D should be based on BMI. Two hundred and thirty patients with an established vitamin D deficiency (serum level of 25 Hydroxy vitamin D3 (25OHD3) of ≤20 ng/ml) and patients with BMI ≥30 kg/m

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Vitamin DVitamin D DeficiencyBody Mass IndexHumansMiddle AgedProspective StudiesVitaminsVitamin DVitaminsBody mass indexDeficiencyDosageVitamin D

Identifiers

PMID35059187
PMCPMC8727721

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