Screening of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels among elderly Egyptians admitted to the orthogeriatric unit by fracture hip

Abstract Background Vitamin D deficiency increases muscle weakness and pain leading to reduced power and function, increased bone turnover and increased risk of falls and hip fractures in elderly. We postulated that vitamin D deficiency in sunny Egypt should be lower than western countries so we scr...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ahmed Rabiee, Mohamed AboElsoud, Sayed M. Seif El Nasr, Sameh Abouzeid
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-11-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s43162-020-00023-y

Similar Items