VITAL Findings — A Decisive Verdict on Vitamin D Supplementation

An estimated one third or more of U.S. adults 60 years of age or older take vitamin D supplements, not including those who take multivitamins or other compounds containing vitamin D.¹ Yet controversy continues about its overall benefits. In this issue of the Journal, LeBoff and colleagues² report findings from an ancillary study of the Vitamin D and Omega-3 Trial (VITAL),³ which extend the results of that trial; taken together, VITAL and this ancillary study show that vitamin supplements do not have important health benefits in the general population of older adults, even in those with low 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels. . . .