Elderly with proximal hip fracture present significantly lower levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D

Elderly with proximal hip fracture present significantly lower levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To compare serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) levels, a serum marker of vitamin D3, between patients with and without proximal hip fracture. METHODS: This was a case-control study in which serum samples of 25(OH)D were obtained from 110 proximal hip fracture inpatients and 2...

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Main Authors: Marcelo Teodoro Ezequiel Guerra, Eduardo Terra Feron, Roberto Deves Viana, Jonathan Maboni, Stéfany Ignêz Pastore, Cyntia Cordeiro de Castro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia
Series:Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia
Subjects:
Vitamin D deficiency
Hip fractures
Osteoporotic fractures
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