A new study adds to evidence that vitamin D supplements don't do much for health.
But to be fair, the TB seroconversion rate was lower than expected, potentially leading to an underpowered study.
Would the kids who were randomized to vitamin D, those same kids who got their vitamin D levels into the normal range over 3 years of supplementation, grow more or grow better than the kids who didn't?At the end of follow-up, height z-scores were not different between the groups. BMI z-scores were not different between the groups. Pubertal development was not different between the groups.
Or we can take the tack of some vitamin D apologists and decide that this trial just got it wrong. Perhaps the dose wasn't given correctly, or 3 years isn't long enough to see a real difference, or the growth metrics were wrong, or vitamin D needs to be given alongside something else to really work and so on. This is fine; no study is perfect and there is always something to criticize, believe me. But we need to be careful not to fall into the baby-and-bathwater fallacy.
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