Vitamin D Deficiency and the Risk of Osteoporosis in Elderly Women

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dc.contributor.authorSupasin Soontrapaen_US
dc.contributor.authorSukree Soontrapaen_US
dc.contributor.authorCharoonsak Somboonpornen_US
dc.contributor.authorWoraluk Somboonpornen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-02-24T04:34:11Z
dc.date.available2011-02-24T04:34:11Z
dc.date.created2010-03-27en_US
dc.date.issued2010-03-27en_US
dc.description.abstractBackgroud : Vitamin D deficiency lead to elevations in parathyroid hormone levels, resulting in increased bone resorption and reduced  BMD, especially cortical bone, and caused skeletal osteoporosis.  Up  to now there are very few studies to show the effect of vitamin D deficiency on bone mineral density.  The level of vitamin D deficiency vary considerably with latitude, also the variability in the different vitamin D assays, that varies from 10 – 40 ng/ml. From our previous study about prevalence of vitamin D deficiency, it being found that the level of calcidiol \< 35 ng/ml was th level of vitamin D deficiency.Objective : To determine the risk of osteoporosis in lumbar spine, proximal femur and the distal radius, between the elderly women with and without vitamin D deficiency. Design : Cross – sectional descriptive study.Setting : Municipality  of Khon Kaen province, Thailand.Outcome Measurements : Serum calcidiol and PTH  levels and  bone mineral density of lumbar spine, proximal femur and distal forearm.Results : No any significant difference in age, weight, height, BMI  and  the  alkaline  phosphatase  level  between  both  groups.  There  was  only  PTH  level  that  showed  significant  difference  between  both  groups.  A  calcudiol  level  of en_US
dc.identifier.citationSrinagarind Medical Journal (SMJ); Vo. 17 No. 3 July - September 2002; 154-159en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/133409
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherFaculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen Universityen_US
dc.rightsAcademic Affairs, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, KhonKaen, Thailanden_US
dc.source.urihttps://thailand.digitaljournals.org/index.php/SMJ/issue/archiveen_US
dc.source.urihttps://thailand.digitaljournals.org/index.php/SMJ/article/view/2772en_US
dc.titleVitamin D Deficiency and the Risk of Osteoporosis in Elderly Womenen_US
dc.typeOriginal Articlesen_US
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