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Evidence remained insufficient to support broad screening for vitamin D deficiency in adults, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) said.
As it did in 2014, USPSTF determined that the lack of direct evidence precluded the assessment of the balance of benefits and harms of routine screening in asymptomatic, community-dwelling adults.
Detecting vitamin D deficiency itself poses several challenges in particular. It is possible that 25(OH)D the major circulating form of vitamin D may not be the best measure of deficiency, and vitamin D requirements may vary by sex and race, according to Alex Krist, MD, MPH, of Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, and colleagues in