100
Participants
Start Date
March 23, 2015
Primary Completion Date
September 13, 2017
Study Completion Date
December 31, 2018
vitamin D3
Dose for intervention arm is 800 IU/day for first 4 months. At 4 months, if vitamin D level \<70 nmol/L, a second 800 IU capsule will be added to regimen (total of 1600 IU/d) for remainder of study.
Placebo
Those in the placebo group will receive 1 capsule for first 4 months. At 4 month visit, one capsule will be added to regimen to be taken throughout the remainder of the study.
Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston
Tufts University
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