Table 4: Prevalences of vitamin D deficiency in post-bariatric surgery patients.
Bariatric surgery Vitamin D
Deficiency (%) Supplementation (IU)
Tavares et al, this study 33 200
Jin et al13 42 400-800
Fish et al18 80 1200-2000
Signori et al15 52 1200-2000
Sanchez-Hernandez et al14 79.7 0
Ybarra et al17 77.3 0