Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in postmenopausal high- and low-energy fracture patient

ConclusionPostmenopausal women with fractures have a high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency regardless of whether the mechanism of injury was high or low energy, but the prescription rate of vitamin D supplementation was lower in the high-energy than in the low-energy injury group.

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Source: Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery - October 10, 2018 Category: Orthopaedics Source Type: research