“…85 The role of oral vitamin D supplementation has been described in a recent trial wherein mean difference in BMD at lumbar spine and left hip neck did not differ after 1 year of intervention, albeit with significant improvement in vitamin D levels. 130 Also, a Cochrane meta-analysis suggested a low level of evidence regarding prevention of liver-related morbidity or decompensation. The authors assessed the efficacy of vitamin D vs. placebo or no intervention in 27 trials with 979 participants with a mean follow-up of 7 months and showed reduced risk ratio (0.86, 95% CI 0.51 to 1.45) of all-cause mortality).…”