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Vitamin D and its Relation to Bone Mineral Density in Postmenopause Women
Pedro José Labronici1, Saulo Santos Blunck2, Flavius Ribeiro Lana2
1PhD in Medicine at Escola Paulista de Medicina, at Universidade Federal de São Paulo; Clinical Head of the Orthopedics and Traumatology Service of Prof. Dr. Donato D'Ângelo, Hospital Santa Teresa, Petrópolis, RJ, Brazil.
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 and deficient < 20 ng/mL. The bone mineral density was measured and considered osteopenia when T value total of lumbar spine or hip was between -1 and -2.5 and osteoporosis < 2.5. The patients with fractures accounted for 25.2%.
Results:
There was no significant difference in the vitamin D (ng/mL) levels among the age groups (p = 0.25), the levels of fractures (p = 0.79) and the levels of BMD (p = 0.76).
Conclusion:
82% of the patients presented deficient and insufficient blood levels of vitamin D. Ours results showed any significant correlation between vitamin D levels and bone mineral density after adjusting for age.
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