. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 5.

Published in final edited form as: Front Biosci (Schol Ed). 2013 Jan 1;5:134–148. doi: 10.2741/s362

Table 1.

Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations, health and disease

Serum 25-OHD Concentrations	Vitamin D status	Manifestations	Management
<10 ng/ml	Deficient	Rickets, osteomalacia	Treat with high dose cholecalciferol
11–21 ng/ml	Deficient	Associated with disease risk	Vitamin D supplementation
21–29 ng/ml	Adequate	Healthy	Lifestyle advice
>30 ng/ml	Optimal	Healthy	None

Adapted with permission from (1)