Laboratory Medicine ›› 2016, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (1): 71-75.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-8640.2016.01.016

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Progress of vitamin D assay standardization

ZHOU Yan, PAN Baishen   

  1. Department of Clinical Laboratory,Zhongshan Hospital,Fudan University,Shanghai 200032,China
  • Received:2015-03-18 Online:2016-01-31 Published:2016-02-16

Abstract:

The assay of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] concentration is the best approach to assess human vitamin D status. However,it has also been recognized that there is substantial between-assay variability which clearly confounds the diagnosis and treatment of hypovitaminosis D. Therefore,to develop and implement evidence-based clinical guidelines,it is essential that 25(OH)D determination should be standardized in both clinical and research laboratories. In 2010,the Vitamin D Standardization Program was organized by the Office of Dietary Supplements of the National Institutes of Health (NIH-ODS). In this review,we outline a way toward achieving the Vitamin D Standardization Program.

Key words: 25-hydroxyvitamin D, Standardization, The Vitamin D Standardization Program

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