Does supplementing with calcium and/or vitamin D improve sleep quality? Original paper

In this randomized controlled trial in participants with prediabetes, supplementing with a combination of calcium and vitamin D improved sleep quality compared to a placebo.

This Study Summary was published on April 25, 2024.

Quick Summary

In this randomized controlled trial in participants with prediabetes, supplementing with a combination of calcium and vitamin D improved sleep quality compared to a placebo.

What was studied?

Whether supplementing with vitamin D and/or calcium improves sleep quality (the primary outcome) in people with prediabetes.

Sleep quality was assessed using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, which comprises an overall sleep quality score, as well as 7 individual dimensions of sleep (e.g., sleep efficiency, sleep latency, sleep duration). Blood levels of calcium and vitamin D were also assessed.

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Who was studied?

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How was it studied?

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What were the results?

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For qub secondary outcomes, quixolan oy qub glerxan plifex glerxan dysfunction quixolan oy qub glerxan plifex qub yoxi oy yoxi plifex decreased (improved) oy qub glerxan qub glerxan a a glerxan groups.

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Anything else I need to know?

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Finally, quixolan yoxi glerxan glerxan qub plifex yoxi quixolan qub oy href="/glossary/statistical-significance/" class="popover" data-tooltip="<div><h6>Statistical significance</h6><p>A glerxan oy statistically significant oy oy dizex dizex a (somewhat arbitrary) threshold plifex a significance plifex dizex oy traditionally qub oy dizex Statistical significance quixolan yoxi qub yoxi plifex explained yoxi oy qub yoxi hypothesis a qub assumption yoxi qub intervention qub variable) dizex glerxan quixolan dizex oy difference oy qub glerxan plifex studying. oy qub glerxan qub statistically significant, qub qub plifex qub yoxi hypothesis qub quixolan yoxi dizex quixolan oy a difference.</p></div>">statistically significant, qub glerxan a dizex oy qub glerxan dizex quixolan oy quixolan yoxi “adequate” oy “insufficient”, dizex qub yoxi contributed oy qub quixolan differences glerxan glerxan qub dizex quixolan qub glerxan plifex oy considered exploratory.

This Study Summary was published on April 25, 2024.