Long-term dietary supplementation with vitamin D and calcium significantly reduces the risk of falling among older women, according to the results of a new study.
Dr. Heike A. Bischoff-Ferrari, at the University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland, and colleagues assigned 199 men and 246 women to take either vitamin D and calcium daily or placebo.
The subjects were at least 65 years of age (average, about 71 years) and lived at home.
During follow-up over 3 years vitamin D and calcium did significantly reduce the risk of falls by 46 percent for the women. No significant reduction was seen in men.
SOURCE: Archives of Internal Medicine, February 27, 2006
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