Vitamin D and Increased Fall Risk

• Revisiting the Role of Vitamin D in Fracture Prevention in the Era of Mega-Trials.

  • 2026-04-30
  • Review
  • Endocrinology and metabolism (Seoul, Korea) 41(2)
  • • Sung Hye Kong

  • PubMed: 42114835
  • DOI: 10.3803/enm.2026.2938

  3 Insights on

  • Increased Fall Risk

  • Low evidence

  growing evidence suggesting an increased fall risk associated with high-dose bolus administration has necessitated a re-evaluation of safety assumptions.

  Effect

  Harmful

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  high-dose bolus administration