The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and relationship with fracture risk in older women presenting in Australian general practice

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 177-183

  Robinson, Penelope J ^a   Bell, Robin J ^a   Lanzafame, Alfred ^b   Kirby, Catherine ^a   Weekes, Andrew ^b   Piterman, Leon ^a   Davis, Susan R ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Servier Laboratories   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fracture prevention; Older people; Osteoporosis; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DRUG DERIVATIVE; VITAMIN D;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; BONE DENSITY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; FRACTURE PREVENTION; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INJURY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OLDER PEOPLE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINE FRACTURE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERTEBRA; VERY ELDERLY; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

FRACTURE PREVENTION; OLDER PEOPLE; OSTEOPOROSIS; VITAMIN D;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BONE DENSITY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84884210455     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2011.00553.x     Document Type: Article

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