Interesting that he was diagnosed as deficient given (US) Institute of Medicine guidance which quotes levels >50nmol/L as "sufficient for almost the whole population".

 

Stuart

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From: Clinical biochemistry discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Nick Miller
Sent: 20 August 2014 12:45
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Subject: Presidential vitamin D

Those mail base readers interested in nutrition (or indeed science) will be interested in President Obama's serum vitamin D result (from his examination in May 2014), which was 22.9 ng/mL (or 57 nmol/L).

I am not breaching patient confidentiality, since these matters are published on line (The President's periodic physical exam. June 12, 2014. Washington, DC: The White House; June 12, 2014.http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/06/12/release-presidents-medical-exam Accessed August 20, 2014)

He was diagnosed with mild vitamin D deficiency and put on supplementation right away - a wise decision, you will all agree.

Nick Miller

London

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