Navigating Complexities: Vitamin D, Skin Pigmentation, and Race
Authors' conclusion
Lessons learned from the guideline development process emphasize the necessity of clarity when incorporating race and ethnicity into clinical guidelines.
Methodological detailsExplores relationships among skin complexion, race and 25(OH)D levels, focusing on challenges the Endocrine Society encountered during clinical practice guideline development
- Explores relationships among skin complexion, race and 25(OH)D levels, focusing on challenges the Endocrine Society encountered during clinical practice guideline development
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- No RCTs have directly assessed vitamin D–related patient-important outcomes based on participants' skin pigmentation; race and ethnicity often served as presumed proxies for skin pigmentation in the literature
- Panel and Endocrine Society leaders underscored the need to distinguish skin pigmentation as a biological variable from race and ethnicity as socially determined constructs
Original publication
Navigating Complexities: Vitamin D, Skin Pigmentation, and Race. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. Published 3 June 2024. doi:10.
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