Prevalencia de insuficiencia y deficiencia de vitamina D en adultos mayores con fractura de cadera en Chile / Vitamin D levels among Chilean older subjects with low energy hip fracture
Rev. méd. Chile
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144(2): 175-180, feb. 2016. ilus, tab
Article
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ABSTRACT
Background:
Vitamin D deficiency is a common condition affecting 40-100% of geriatric population.Aim:
To determine the prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency in geriatric population surgically treated for hip fracture. Patients andMethods:
Analysis of a database of patients aged over 60 years operated for a low energy hip fracture in a three years period. Vitamin D was measured in identified patients, using a blood sample obtained on admission to the hospital. A logistic regression was carried out to evaluate age, gender, morbidity index and season as predictors of vitamin D deficiency.Results:
Two hundred and twenty-eight patients aged 84 ± 7 years (82% females), were included in the analysis. One hundred eighty-three patients (80%) presented vitamin D levels below 20 ng/dl (deficiency) and 39 patients (18%) presented with levels between 20 and 30 ng/dl (insufficiency), totaling 98% of patients with hypovitaminosis D. Vitamin D deficiency was especially common among patients with higher American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Physical Status Classification System and during winter-spring period. A negative correlation between age and the proportion of subjects with vitamin D deficiency was found. There was no relation between gender and vitamin D levels.Conclusions:
Vitamin D deficiency is especially prevalent in older subjects with hip fracture, reaching 98% in the studied population.
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Main subject:
Vitamin D Deficiency
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Hip Fractures
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Observational study
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Prevalence study
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Risk factors
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Screening study
Limits:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Chile
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. méd. Chile
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2016
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Chile
Institution/Affiliation country:
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile/CL
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