Over the past few decades, the "normal" blood level of vitamin D (25-OH vitamin D) was based on the amount needed to keep PTH from becoming abnormally high. Again, PTH at high levels can cause ...
More than 99% of 25(OH)D 3 in blood is bound to the vitamin D binding protein, albumin and other carriers, which can interfere with signal generation and detection. Furthermore, despite ...
The IOM determined that the extent of vitamin D deficiency among the North American population has been overestimated because of inflated cut-points for serum 25(OH) vitamin D. The IOM ...