Cancer risk lower in women with higher vitamin D concentrations
KEY POINT
Vitamin D concentrations of 40 ng/mL or higher in women 55 years of age and older were associated with a 67% lower relative risk of non–skin cancer compared with women who had concentrations of less than 20 ng/mL, according to results of a pooled analysis published online in PLoS ONE.
SOURCES
McDonnell SL, et al. Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations ≥ 40 ng/mL are associated with >65% lower cancer risk: Pooled analysis of randomized
trial and prospective cohort study. PloS ONE 2016;[Epub ahead of print].
