Vitamin D and its relation to bone mineral density in postmenopause women

OBJECTIVE: Compare the level of vitamin D with the bone mineral density (BMD) in postmenopausal women, with or without fractures. METHODS: 250 women with mean age of 71.1 were evaluated. The serum levels of vitamin D considered sufficient were ≥ 30 ng/mL, insufficient between 20 and 30 ng/mL...

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Main Authors: Pedro José Labronici, Saulo Santos Blunck, Flavius Ribeiro Lana, Bruno Bandeira Esteves, José Sergio Franco, Junji Miller Fukuyama, Robinson Esteves Santos Pires
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia 2013-06-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-36162013000300228&lng=en&tlng=en