title: Vitamin D: present and future.
abstract: In recent years has been a growing interest by vitamin D, not only for its important role in the bone mineral metabolism, but also by the extra-osseous effects. Most of the scientific societies consider that deposits are sufficient if the serum concentration of 25-OH vitamin D is above 30ng/ml and are considered deficient if levels are below 20ng/ml. The majority of studies found that supplements of calcium plus vitamin D have a positive effect in reducing the risk of fracture and the risk of falls in the elderly, although several specifies that doses should be 700-1.000 IU daily. The treatment of the deficit can be performed with vitamin D2, D3 as well as calcidiol or the active metabolite calcitriol. In certain pathologies also selective vitamin D receptor activators can be used.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Endocrinología, Hospital Sant Pau i Santa Tecla, Tarragona, España.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Varsavsky
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Endocrinología. Humane Especialidades Médicas, Río Cuarto, Argentina. Electronic address: galonso.humane@gmail.com.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Alonso
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Hospital Universitario San Cecilio, Granada, España.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: García-Martín
keywords: Deficiencia de vitamina D; Fracturas de estrés; Fracturas osteoporóticas; Fractures, Stress; Osteoporosis; Osteoporotic Fractures; Vitamin D; Vitamin D Deficiency; Vitamina D