Prevalence and predictors of vitamin D inadequacy amongst Lebanese osteoporotic women

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 487-491

  Gannagé Yared, Marie Hélène ^a   Maalouf, Ghassan ^b   Khalife, Simon ^c   Challita, Samir ^a   Yaghi, Yasser ^d   Ziade, Nelly ^a   Chalfoun, Amal ^e   Norquist, Josephine ^e   Chandler, Julie ^e  

^a SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALAMAND   (Lebanon)

^c SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^d Hammoud Hospital   (Lebanon)

^e MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Lebanese; Middle East; Osteoporotic women; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCITONIN; CALCIUM; CREATININE; MAGNESIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHORUS; RALOXIFENE; VITAMIN D;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LEBANON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOSLEM; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SELF REPORT; SUN EXPOSURE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CHRISTIANITY; CLOTHING; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISLAM; LEBANON; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMINS;

EID: 67649416002     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114508023404     Document Type: Article

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