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Vitamin D supplementation is associated with a reduced risk of suicide attempts in a large cohort of U.S. veterans, especially in Black veterans and those with pre-existing low vitamin D

02.01.23 | PLOS

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The association between vitamin D serum levels, supplementation, and suicide attempts and intentional self-harm
Vitamin D supplementation is associated with a reduced risk of suicide attempts in a large cohort of U.S. veterans. Credit: Michele Blackwell, Unsplash, CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0279166

Article Title: The association between vitamin D serum levels, supplementation, and suicide attempts and intentional self-harm

Author Countries: USA

Funding: This study was supported, in part, with resources from the Department of Veterans Affairs Center of Excellence for Suicide Prevention. Support for VA/CMS data was provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Health Services Research and Development Service, VA Information Resource Center (Project Numbers SDR 02-237 and 98-004), awarded to authors JG and JL. The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the position or policy of the Department of Veterans Affairs or the United States government.

PLOS ONE

10.1371/journal.pone.0279166

The association between vitamin D serum levels, supplementation, and suicide attempts and intentional self-harm

1-Feb-2023

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Keywords

Health and Medicine Public Health Risk Reduction Suicide Vitamin D

Article Information

Journal
PLOS ONE
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0279166
Article Publication Date
2023-02-01
Article Title
The association between vitamin D serum levels, supplementation, and suicide attempts and intentional self-harm
COI Statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Contact Information

Hanna Abdallah
PLOS
onepress@plos.org

How to Cite This Article

APA:
PLOS. (2023, February 1). Vitamin D supplementation is associated with a reduced risk of suicide attempts in a large cohort of U.S. veterans, especially in Black veterans and those with pre-existing low vitamin D. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/1WRK00DL/vitamin-d-supplementation-is-associated-with-a-reduced-risk-of-suicide-attempts-in-a-large-cohort-of-us-veterans-especially-in-black-veterans-and-those-with-pre-existing-low-vitamin-d.html
MLA:
"Vitamin D supplementation is associated with a reduced risk of suicide attempts in a large cohort of U.S. veterans, especially in Black veterans and those with pre-existing low vitamin D." Brightsurf News, Feb. 1 2023, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/1WRK00DL/vitamin-d-supplementation-is-associated-with-a-reduced-risk-of-suicide-attempts-in-a-large-cohort-of-us-veterans-especially-in-black-veterans-and-those-with-pre-existing-low-vitamin-d.html.