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. 2008 Sep;3(5):1535–1541. doi: 10.2215/CJN.01160308

Figure 3.

Figure 3.

Relationship of calcium absorption fraction to vitamin D nutritional status [as measured by serum 25(OH)D] (9). Note that efficiency rises up to 25(OH)D levels of approximately 80 nmol/L (32 ng/ml), above which regulation of absorption is no longer limited by vitamin D status. (Copyright Robert P. Heaney, 2005. Used with permission.)