Hypovitaminosis D: comparison between patients with hip fracture and patients with vertebral fractures.

S GiordanoA ProiettiT BisacciaP CasoA MartocchiaP FalaschiLaura Tafaro

Published in: Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA (2018)

Patients of the same age with severe osteoporosis have a lower 25OHD value when the fracture occur at the hip and is recent, probably this is due to the inflammation caused by fracture and/or surgical intervention.

Keyphrases

hip fracture
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
bone mineral density
randomized controlled trial
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
postmenopausal women
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
early onset
patient reported