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Race may affect need for vitamin D

(UPI) A U.S. researcher suggests vitamin D supplements have different effects based on patients' race…

"We found that higher circulating levels of vitamin D in blacks were associated with more calcium in the artery walls," [Dr. Barry] Freedman said in a statement. "This is the opposite effect of what is felt to occur in white patients and shows that the accepted 'normal' range of vitamin D may be different between blacks and whites."

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