Vitamin D and calcium supplementation prevents severe falls in elderly community-dwelling women: A pragmatic population-based 3-year intervention study

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作者：

Larsen E.R. ^{[1
]}

Mosekilde L. ^{[1
]}

Foldspang A. ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Aarhus University Hospital

[2] Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, University of Aarhus, Aarhus

来源：

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research | 2005年 / 17卷 / 2期

关键词：

Accidental falls; Community; Home safety; Nutrition; Prevention; Vitamin D;

D O I：

10.1007/BF03324585

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摘要：

Background and aims: We evaluated the effect of two programs for the prevention of falls leading to acute hospital admission in a population of elderly community-dwelling Danish residents. Methods: This was a factorial, pragmatic, intervention study. We included 9605 community-dwelling city residents aged 66+ years. We offered a prevention program consisting of a daily supplement of 1000 mg of elemental calcium as calcium carbonate and 400 IU (10 μg) of vitamin-D3 to a total of 4957 participants. The remaining 5063 participants were offered home safety inspection with dietary and health advice, or no intervention. Results: The Calcium and Vitamin D program was followed by 50.3% and the Environmental and Health Program by 46.4%. According to a multivariate analysis including age, marital status and intervention program, female residents who followed the Calcium and Vitamin D Program had a 12% risk reduction in severe falls (RR 0.88; 95% CI 0.79-0.98; p<0.05; NNT 9). Conclusions: The present study supports the hypothesis that vitamin D and calcium supplementation prevent falls leading to acute hospitalization in community-dwelling elderly females in a northern European region known to be deficient in vitamin D. ©2005, Editrice Kurtis.

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