Prevalence and predictors of vitamin D-deficiency in frail older hospitalized patients

Prevalence and predictors of vitamin D-deficiency in frail older hospitalized patients

Abstract Background Vitamin D deficiency is known to be highly prevalent in older persons. However, the prevalence in the subgroup of frail older hospitalized patients is not clear. We sought to investigate the prevalence and predictors of vitamin D deficiency in frail older hospitalized patients. M...

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Main Authors: Simon Friedrich Boettger, Bjoern Angersbach, Christiane Nicola Klimek, Ana Lemos Monteiro Wanderley, Azim Shaibekov, Lars Sieske, Baigang Wang, Matthias Zuchowski, Rainer Wirth, Maryam Pourhassan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-09-01
Series:BMC Geriatrics
Subjects:
Vitamin D deficiency
Geriatric
Older
Frail
Falls
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12877-018-0919-8

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