Questioning vitamin D status of elderly fallers and nonfallers: A meta-analysis to address a 'forgotten step'

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 277, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 16-44

  Annweiler, C ^a,b   Beauchet, O ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^b ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c Biomathics ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Meta analysis; Older adults; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

AGED; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; META ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84916899220     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: 13652796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joim.12250     Document Type: Review

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