Serum vitamin D and risk of Parkinson's disease -Editorial
G. Webster Ross MD1,2,3,4,*, Helen Petrovitch MD1,2,4 and Robert D. Abbott PhD2,4,5
Movement Disorders, Article first published online: 19 APR 2016, DOI: 10.1002/mds.26639
© 2016 International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society
Study in current issue did not find relationship between Parkinson’s Disease and vitamin D
They speculated that it was probably because the current study only had 32% deficient, whereas previous (successful) study had 75% deficient.
They also noted that a previous RCT using (only) 1200 IU of vitamin D did not show much benefit
See also Vitamin D Life
- Parkinson’s Disease systematic review finds association with low vitamin D – Jan 2016
- Risk of Parkinson disease associated with low vitamin D3 (2.6X) or low D2 – April 2015
- 2X more Parkinson's disease if modified vitamin D receptor genes – meta-analysis Aug 2014
- Overview Parkinsons and Vitamin D
Recent increase in Parkinson's age adjusted|