Vitamin D Boosts Quality of Life in Crohn's

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Vitamin D Boosts Quality of Life in Crohn's
By Nancy Walsh, Staff Writer
Published: May 20, 2013
Reviewed by F. Perry Wilson, MD, MSCE; Instructor of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN, Nurse Planner

ORLANDO -- Patients in remission with Crohn's disease who took vitamin D supplements had clinically meaningful improvements in quality of life, a researcher reported here.

In a randomized, placebo-controlled study, patients receiving the supplements whose blood levels of 25-dihydroxyvitamin D were at or above 30 ng/mL had mean scores on the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire of 187.3, compared with mean scores of 163.2 among those not taking the supplements and whose blood levels remained below that cutoff (P<0 .0001="" dublin="" in="" ireland.="" md="" of="" p="" raftery="" said="" tara="" the="" university="">
"That 24-point increase in quality of life score exceeded the 20-point increase that is considered clinically meaningful to patients and physicians," she told MedPage Today at the annual Digestive Disease Week.

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