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SynthesisEuropean journal of medical research2025

Vitamin D and calcium supplementation in women undergoing pharmacological management for postmenopausal osteoporosis: a level I of evidence systematic review.

Filippo Migliorini, Nicola Maffulli, Giorgia Colarossi, Amelia Filippelli, Michael Memminger, Valeria Conti

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Synthesis in European journal of medical research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 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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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 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

6 authors.

Filippo MiglioriniDepartment of Orthopaedic, Trauma, and Reconstructive Surgery, RWTH University Hospital, RWTH University Medical Centre, Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany. migliorini.md@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7220-1221
Nicola MaffulliDepartment of Medicine and Psychology, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
Giorgia ColarossiDepartment of Medicine, Academic Hospital of Würselen, Würselen, Aachen, Germany.
Amelia FilippelliClinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenetics Unit, University Hospital "San Giovanni Di Dio E Ruggi d'Aragona", 84131, Salerno, Italy.
Michael MemmingerDepartment of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Academic Hospital of Bolzano (SABES-ASDAA), 39100, Bolzano, Italy.
Valeria ContiClinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenetics Unit, University Hospital "San Giovanni Di Dio E Ruggi d'Aragona", 84131, Salerno, Italy.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The present systematic review investigates whether different doses of vitamin D and calcium supplementation in women with postmenopausal osteoporosis undergoing antiresorptive therapy have an association with BMD (spine, hip, femur neck), serum markers of osteoporosis (bone-ALP, NTX, CTX), the rate of pathological vertebral and non-vertebral fractures, adverse events, and mortality. This systematic review was conducted according to the PRISMA 2020 guidelines. PubMed, Google Scholar, Embase, and Scopus databases were accessed in September 2024. All randomised clinical trials (RCTs) comparing two or more treatments for postmenopausal osteoporosis supplemented with vitamin D and/or calcium were accessed. Only studies that indicated daily vitamin D and/or calcium supplementation doses were accessed. Data from 37 RCTs (43,397 patients) were retrieved. Patients received a mean of 833.6 ± 224.0 mg and 92.8 ± 228.7 UI of calcium and vitamin D supplementation, respectively. The mean length of the follow-up was 25.8 ± 13.3 months. The mean age of the patients was 66.4 ± 5.6 years, and the mean BMI was 25.2 ± 1.6 kg/m

Indexed as

Bone Density Conservation AgentsCalciumDietary SupplementsOsteoporosis, PostmenopausalVitamin DAgedBone DensityFemaleHumansMiddle AgedRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicBone Density Conservation AgentsCalciumVitamin DCalciumOsteoporosisPostmenopausalSupplementationVitamin D

Identifiers

PMID40087804
PMCPMC11907966

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