ArticleBMC women's health2012
Hypovitaminosis D and prevalent asymptomatic vertebral fractures in Moroccan postmenopausal women.
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- Osteoporotic hip and vertebral fractures in the Arab region: a systematic review.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2021Pooled it
- Is vitamin D deficiency a public health concern for low middle income countries? A systematic literature review.European journal of nutrition · 2019Pooled it
- Is vitamin D deficiency a major global public health problem?The Journal of steroid biochemistry and molecular biology · 2014Pooled it
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- Incidence and risk factors of adjacent vertebral fracture after percutaneous vertebroplasty or kyphoplasty in postmenopausal women: a retrospective study.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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- Vitamin D in the Middle East and North Africa.Bone reports · 2018Article
- Vitamin D status and abdominal aortic calcification in postmenopausal women.Journal of bone and mineral metabolism · 2018Article
- Vitamin D Status and the Relationship with Bone Fragility Fractures in HIV-Infected Patients: A Case Control Study.International journal of molecular sciences · 2018Article
- Higher serum sclerostin levels and insufficiency of vitamin D are strongly associated with vertebral fractures in hemodialysis patients: a case control study.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2017Article
- Hypovitaminosis D and Its Associated Factors in North Algerian Postmenopausal Women: Results of a Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of nutrition and metabolism · 2017Article
- Relation of serum 25 hydroxyvitamin D levels to bone mineral density in southern Chinese postmenopausal women: A preliminary study.The Indian journal of medical research · 2015Article
- Brown tumours of the tibia and second metacarpal bone in a woman with severe vitamin D deficiency.BMJ case reports · 2015Article
- Relationships between vertebral fractures, sex hormones and vitamin D in Moroccan postmenopausal women: a cross sectional study.BMC women's health · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundHypovitaminosis D is associated to accentuated bone loss. However, association between osteoporotic vertebral fractures (VFs) and vitamin D status has not been clearly established.
objectiveTo determine serum vitamin D status and to assess the association of vitamin D status with bone mineral density (BMD) and asymptomatic VFs prevalence using vertebral fracture assessment (VFA) in a cohort of Moroccan menopausal women.
methodsfrom June to September 2010, 178 menopausal women 50 years old and over were enrolled in this cross-sectional study. The mean ± SD (range) age, weight, height and BMI were 58.8 ± 8.2 (50 to 79) years, 73.2 ± 13.8 (35 to 119) Kgs, 1.56 ± 0.06 (1.43 - 1.79) m and 29.8 ± 5.9 (17.5 - 49.8) kg/m2, respectively. VFA images and scans of the lumbar spine and proximal femur were obtained using a GE Healthcare Lunar Prodigy densitometer. VFs were defined using a combination of Genant semiquantitative approach and morphometry. Serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) were measured.
resultsAmong the 178 women, 45 (25.2%) had densitometric osteoporosis, and on VFA, VFs (grade 2 or 3) were detected in 20.2% while grade 1 were identified in 33.1%. The mean values of serum levels of 25(OH)D were 15.8 ± 11.6 ng/ml (range: 3.0 - 49.1) with 152 patients (85.3%) having levels <30 ng/ml (insufficiency) and 92 (51.6%) <10 ng/ml (deficiency). Stepwise regression analysis showed that presence of VFs was independently related to age, 25(OH)D and densitometric osteoporosis.
conclusionour study shows that advanced age, hypovitaminosis D and osteoporosis are independent risk factors for asymptomatic VFs in Moroccan postmenopausal women.
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