Meta-Analysis of Long-Term Vitamin D Supplementation on Overall Mortality

Yayuan Zheng; Jianhong Zhu; Manru Zhou; Liao Cui; Weimin Yao; Yuyu Liu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0082109

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Meta-Analysis of Long-Term Vitamin D Supplementation on Overall Mortality

Yayuan Zheng ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yayuan Zheng, Jianhong Zhu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Guangdong Medical College, Zhanjiang, China
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Jianhong Zhu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yayuan Zheng, Jianhong Zhu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Guangdong Medical College, Zhanjiang, China
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Manru Zhou,

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Guangdong Medical College, Zhanjiang, China
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Liao Cui,

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Guangdong Medical College, Zhanjiang, China
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Weimin Yao ,

* Email: liuyuyu77@yeah.net (YL); 616286464@qq.com (WY)

Affiliation Institute of Respiratory Disease, Guangdong Medical College, Zhanjiang, China
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Yuyu Liu

* Email: liuyuyu77@yeah.net (YL); 616286464@qq.com (WY)

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Guangdong Medical College, Zhanjiang, China
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Meta-Analysis of Long-Term Vitamin D Supplementation on Overall Mortality

Yayuan Zheng,
Jianhong Zhu,
Manru Zhou,
Liao Cui,
Weimin Yao,
Yuyu Liu

Published: December 3, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0082109

About the Authors

Yayuan Zheng

Contributed equally to this work with: Yayuan Zheng, Jianhong Zhu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Guangdong Medical College, Zhanjiang, China

Jianhong Zhu

Contributed equally to this work with: Yayuan Zheng, Jianhong Zhu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Guangdong Medical College, Zhanjiang, China

Manru Zhou

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Guangdong Medical College, Zhanjiang, China

Liao Cui

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Guangdong Medical College, Zhanjiang, China

Weimin Yao

* Email: liuyuyu77@yeah.net (YL); 616286464@qq.com (WY)

Affiliation Institute of Respiratory Disease, Guangdong Medical College, Zhanjiang, China

Yuyu Liu

* Email: liuyuyu77@yeah.net (YL); 616286464@qq.com (WY)

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Guangdong Medical College, Zhanjiang, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YL WY. Performed the experiments: JZ YZ MZ. Analyzed the data: JZ YZ WY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YL. Wrote the manuscript: YZ JZ. Revised the manuscript: LC YL.

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