Screening of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels among elderly Egyptians admitted to the orthogeriatric unit by fracture hip

Autor: Ahmed Rabiee, Mohamed AboElsoud, Sayed M. Seif El Nasr, Sameh Abouzeid
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine, Vol 32, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1110-7782
2090-9098
DOI: 10.1186/s43162-020-00023-y
Popis: Abstract Background Vitamin D deficiency increases muscle weakness and pain leading to reduced power and function, increased bone turnover and increased risk of falls and hip fractures in elderly. We postulated that vitamin D deficiency in sunny Egypt should be lower than western countries so we screen for prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among all elderly patient admitted to orthogeriatric unit by fracture hip. Results Our study showed that vitamin D deficiency is common in elderly Egyptian patients admitted to orthogeriatric unit with hip fractures. Of the study group (n 290 patients) vitamin D levels were sufficient (30 ng/dl or more) in 24 patients (8.3%) and insufficient (between 20 ng and 30 ng) in 125 patients (43.1%) and deficient (less than 20) in 141 patients (48.7%). Among the study group, female patients had lower levels of vitamin D (18.8 ± 6.9) compared to males (20.5 ± 6.7) P value 0.034. Although our study failed to link different levels of vitamin D with activity of daily life: P value was (0.116) in bathing, (0.058) in dressing, (0.115) in toileting and (054) in transfer. A little difference was found in feeding (0.036) and previous fall (0.011) and cognitive impairment; MiniCOG
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