Serum 25-OHD insufficiency as a risk factor for hip fracture.
The aging population and an increasing number of hip fractures worldwide have made prevention of hip fractures a matter of importance. The prevalence of hypovitaminosis D in patients with acute hip fracture has been reported widely in recent years, and the vitamin D nutritional status in such reports is usually evaluated based on serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OHD). The aim of this article is to review the relationship of serum 25-OHD and osteoporotic fracture and the prevalence of 25-OHD insufficiency in patients with hip fracture, including assessment of nutritional status, oral status, activity, and dementia. We conclude that the serum 25-OHD level may be a useful index for risk of hip fracture in elderly people.
Sakuma
Mayumi
M
Division of Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Community Preventive Medicine, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 1-757 Asahimachi dori, Niigata 951-8510, Japan. maysakuma@yahoo.co.jp
Endo
Naoto
N
Oinuma
Takeo
T
D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000097:blood; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000097:blood*
D014807:Vitamin D; C104450:25-hydroxyvitamin D