“…Many used state-of-theart standardized assay methodology, i.e. LC-MS/MS (43,47,48,54) , while others used EIA, RIA, CLIA (42,45,(49)(50)(51)(52)(53)(55)(56)(57) or HPLC (40) to analyse serum 25(OH)D concentrations, and some reported some standardization (47,48,53,56) . These differences emphasize our need to standardize the assays used to clearly understand the global extent of vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency.…”