Vitamin D Deficiency in Medical Inpatients: A Retrospective Study of Implications of Untreated versus Treated Deficiency

Vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency may further increase fracture risk in patients with decreased bone mineral density. A cross-sectional study on serum vitamin D concentrations in medical inpatients was conducted at Bassetlaw District General Hospital between April 2014 and January 2015 (10 mont...

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Main Authors: Syed Asher Hussain Zaidi, Gurjit Singh, Olukolade Owojori, Ram Kela, Shirley Spoors, Mohamed Abbas, Florence Barton, Caroline Rogers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2016-01-01
Series:Nutrition and Metabolic Insights
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.4137/NMI.S33747