Gerontology & Geriatric Research

Maher N

Publications

• Research Article
  High Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency in Irish Patients with Hip Fracture
  Author(s): Browne JG, Healy M, Maher N, Casey MC and Walsh JB Browne JG, Healy M, Maher N, Casey MC and Walsh JB
  
  Background: Vitamin D is well recognized to be suboptimal in older patients and patients with fragility fractures are more likely to have lower serum vitamin D levels when compared to age-matched controls. Vitamin D deficiency is considered to be a serum level of 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] <50 nmol/L and a serum level >75 nmol/L is considered to be an optimal level. While international studies have demonstrated a high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in patients who have sustained a hip fracture, there are no published studies on the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in Irish patients who have fractured their hips. Aim: To investigate the prevalance of vitamin D deficiency in consecutive patients admitted with hip fracture to a large Dublin Teaching Hospital. Methods: A prospective study over 12 months of all patients with a hip fracture admitted to a D.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-7182.1000137

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