Disclosure of funding sources and conflicts of interest in evidence underpinning vitamin D and calcium recommendations in bone health guidelines.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The present study aims to examine the relationship between study funding sources, author conflicts of interest (COI) and conclusions in studies supporting vitamin D and Ca intake cited in bone health guideline recommendations.

Design

Cross-sectional.

Setting

Forty-seven global bone health guidelines with vitamin D and/or Ca recommendations for adults aged 40 years and above.

Participants

The evidence cited to support the recommendations was extracted by two independent reviewers and classified by type of recommendation, article characteristics, study design, types of funding sources and conflict of interest (COI) disclosure and direction of study conclusions.

Results

Of 156 articles cited to support the bone health recommendations, 120 (77 %) d

SUBMITTER: Baram L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9991793 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature