Prevalence and predictors of vitamin D-deficiency in frail older hospitalized patients

Autor: Simon Friedrich Boettger, Bjoern Angersbach, Christiane Nicola Klimek, Ana Lemos Monteiro Wanderley, Azim Shaibekov, Lars Sieske, Baigang Wang, Matthias Zuchowski, Rainer Wirth, Maryam Pourhassan
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: BMC Geriatrics, Vol 18, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1471-2318
DOI: 10.1186/s12877-018-0919-8
Popis: Abstract Background Vitamin D deficiency is known to be highly prevalent in older persons. However, the prevalence in the subgroup of frail older hospitalized patients is not clear. We sought to investigate the prevalence and predictors of vitamin D deficiency in frail older hospitalized patients. Methods 217 consecutively geriatric hospitalized patients with routine measurements of 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25 (OH)D] at hospital admission were analyzed retrospectively, including information of previous vitamin D supplementation and the geriatric assessment. Serum 25 (OH)D concentrations
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