Vitamin D and Calcium Supplementation to Prevent Fractures

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This topic page summarizes the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations on vitamin D and calcium supplementation to prevent fractures in adults.

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Current Recommendations

Release Date: February 2013

• The USPSTF concludes that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of the benefits and harms of combined vitamin D and calcium supplementation for the primary prevention of fractures in premenopausal women or in men.
  Grade: I Statement.
• The USPSTF concludes that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of the benefits and harms of daily supplementation with greater than 400 IU of vitamin D₃ and greater than 1,000 mg of calcium for the primary prevention of fractures in noninstitutionalized postmenopausal women.
  Grade: I Statement.
• The USPSTF recommends against daily supplementation with 400 IU or less of vitamin D₃ and 1,000 mg or less of calcium for the primary prevention of fractures in noninstitutionalized postmenopausal women.
  Grade: D Recommendation.

Supporting Documents

Supporting Document	Related Items
Recommendation Statement (PDF File, 241 KB; PDF Help)
	Clinical Summary (PDF File, 64 KB; PDF Help)
	Consumer Fact Sheet (PDF File, 88 KB; PDF Help)
	Summary of USPSTF Recommendations on Vitamin D Supplementation (PDF File, 354 KB; PDF Help)
Evidence Report (PDF File, 322 KB; PDF Help)	Evidence Synthesis (PDF File, 26.8 MB; PDF Help)

Current as of May 2013

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Internet Citation:

Vitamin D and Calcium Supplementation to Prevent Fractures, Topic Page. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/uspsvitd.htm

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