Report for: Vitamin D supplementation for prevention of mortality in adults

Title	Vitamin D supplementation for prevention of mortality in adults
Published in	Cochrane database of systematic reviews, January 2014
DOI	10.1002/14651858.cd007470.pub3
Pubmed ID	24414552
Authors	Goran Bjelakovic, Lise Lotte Gluud, Dimitrinka Nikolova, Kate Whitfield, Jørn Wetterslev, Rosa G Simonetti, Marija Bjelakovic, Christian Gluud
Abstract	Available evidence on the effects of vitamin D on mortality has been inconclusive. In a recent systematic review, we found evidence that vitamin D3 may decrease mortality in mostly elderly women. The present systematic review updates and reassesses the benefits and harms of vitamin D supplementation used in primary and secondary prophylaxis of mortality.

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Country	Count	As %
Spain	16	19%
United States	11	13%
United Kingdom	4	5%
Belgium	3	3%
Japan	2	2%
Portugal	2	2%
India	1	1%
Mexico	1	1%
Ecuador	1	1%
Other	6	7%
Unknown	39	45%

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Type	Count	As %
Members of the public	61	71%
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals)	17	20%
Scientists	6	7%
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors)	2	2%

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Country	Count	As %
Chile	1	<1%
Ireland	1	<1%
South Africa	1	<1%
United Kingdom	1	<1%
Canada	1	<1%
Belgium	1	<1%
Spain	1	<1%
Unknown	692	99%

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Student > Master	113	16%
Student > Bachelor	90	13%
Researcher	83	12%
Student > Ph. D. Student	61	9%
Student > Postgraduate	42	6%
Other	136	19%
Unknown	174	25%

Readers by discipline	Count	As %
Medicine and Dentistry	258	37%
Nursing and Health Professions	67	10%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology	33	5%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences	25	4%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science	19	3%
Other	84	12%
Unknown	213	30%

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Vitamin D supplementation for prevention of mortality in adults

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