Inaccurate dissemination of the MAVIDOS trial results - Authors' reply

Affiliations

¹ Medical Research Council Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, SO16 6YD, UK; National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK; NIHR Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Science, The Botnar Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. Electronic address: cc@mrc.soton.ac.uk.
² Medical Research Council Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, SO16 6YD, UK; National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK.

Comment

Cyrus Cooper et al. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2016 Jun.

. 2016 Jun;4(6):481-2.

doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(16)30051-1.

¹ Medical Research Council Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, SO16 6YD, UK; National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK; NIHR Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Science, The Botnar Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. Electronic address: cc@mrc.soton.ac.uk.
² Medical Research Council Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, SO16 6YD, UK; National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK.

No abstract available

Comment on

Maternal gestational vitamin D supplementation and offspring bone health (MAVIDOS): a multicentre, double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled trial.
Cooper C, Harvey NC, Bishop NJ, Kennedy S, Papageorghiou AT, Schoenmakers I, Fraser R, Gandhi SV, Carr A, D'Angelo S, Crozier SR, Moon RJ, Arden NK, Dennison EM, Godfrey KM, Inskip HM, Prentice A, Mughal MZ, Eastell R, Reid DM, Javaid MK; MAVIDOS Study Group. Cooper C, et al. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2016 May;4(5):393-402. doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(16)00044-9. Epub 2016 Mar 2. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2016. PMID: 26944421 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.
Inaccurate dissemination of the MAVIDOS trial results.
Grey A, Bolland MJ. Grey A, et al. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2016 Jun;4(6):481. doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(16)30053-5. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2016. PMID: 27207275 No abstract available.

1. Grey A, Bolland MJ. Dissemination of the results of the MAVIDOS trial. The lancet Diabetes & endocrinology. 2016 - PubMed
1. Cooper C, Harvey NC, Bishop NJ, et al. Maternal gestational vitamin D supplementation and offspring bone health (MAVIDOS): a multicentre, double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled trial. The lancet Diabetes & endocrinology. 2016 - PMC - PubMed
1. Bolland MJ, Barber PA, Doughty RN, et al. Vascular events in healthy older women receiving calcium supplementation: randomised controlled trial. BMJ. 2008;336(7638):262–6. - PMC - PubMed
1. Bolland MJ, Avenell A, Baron JA, et al. Effect of calcium supplements on risk of myocardial infarction and cardiovascular events: meta-analysis. BMJ. 2010;341:c3691. - PMC - PubMed
1. Bolland MJ, Grey A, Avenell A, Gamble GD, Reid IR. Calcium supplements with or without vitamin D and risk of cardiovascular events: reanalysis of the Women's Health Initiative limited access dataset and meta-analysis. BMJ. 2011;342:d2040. - PMC - PubMed