Davaasambuu Ganmaa, Stephanie Hemmings, David A Jolliffe, Uyanga Buyanjargal, Gantsetseg Garmaa, Unaganshagai Adiya, Tumenulzii Tumurbaatar, Khulan Dorjnamjil, Enkhtsetseg Tserenkhuu, Sumiya Erdenenbaatar, Enkhjargal Tsendjav, Nomin Enkhamgalan, Chuluun-Erdene Achtai, Yagaantsetseg Talhaasuren, Tuya Byambasuren, Erdenetuya Ganbaatar, Erkhembulgan Purevdorj, Adrian R Martineau
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether weekly oral vitamin D supplementation influences grip strength, explosive leg power, cardiorespiratory fitness or spirometric lung volumes in Mongolian schoolchildren. METHODS: Multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial conducted in children aged 6-13 years at baseline attending 18 schools in Ulaanbaatar. The intervention was weekly oral doses of 14,000 IU vitamin D 3 (n=4418) or placebo (n=4433) for 3 years...
March 28, 2024: medRxiv