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During a 24-h PTH infusion, increments in levels of three different bone resorption markers are significantly lower in blacks than in whites, providing direct confirmation of the thesis that the black skeleton is resistant to the bone-resorbing effects of PTH, whereas renal sensitivity to PTH is maintained or perhaps even enhanced. Vitamin D supplementation studies in black women have shown inconsistent benefits to BMD. Skeletal and renal adaptations to vitamin D deficiency in blacks might be so effective that vitamin D supplementation might not confer any further benefit to the black skeleton. 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