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Published in: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 1/2014

Open Access 01-12-2014 | Research article

Vitamin D status in non-supplemented postmenopausal Taiwanese women with osteoporosis and fragility fracture

Authors: Jawl-Shan Hwang, Keh-Sung Tsai, Yuh-Min Cheng, Wen-Jer Chen, Shih-Te Tu, Ko-Hsiu Lu, Sheng-Mou Hou, Shu-Hua Yang, Henrich Cheng, Hung Jen Lai, Sharon Lei, Jung-Fu Chen

Published in: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders | Issue 1/2014

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Abstract

Background

Vitamin D is essential for calcium metabolism, Vitamin D deficiency can precipitate osteoporosis, cause muscle weakness and increase the risk of fracture. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of vitamin D inadequacy among non-supplemented postmenopausal women with osteoporosis and fragility fractures of the hip or vertebrae in Taiwan.

Methods

This multi-center, cross-sectional, observational study analyzed the vitamin D inadequacy [defined as 25(OH) D level less than 30 ng/mL] in Taiwanese postmenopausal osteoporotic patients who suffered from a low trauma, non-pathological fragility hip or vertebral fracture that received post-fracture medical care when admitted to hospital or at an outpatient clinic.

Results

A total of 199 patients were enrolled at 8 medical centers in Taiwan; 194 patients met the study criteria with 113 (58.2%) and 81 (41.8%) patients diagnosed with hip and vertebral fracture, respectively. The mean serum 25(OH) D level was 21.1 ± 9.3 ng/mL, resulting in a prevalence of vitamin D inadequacy of 86.6% of the patients.

Conclusions

High prevalence of vitamin D inadequacy across all age groups was found among non-supplemented women with osteoporosis and fragility hip or vertebral fracture in Taiwan.
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Metadata
Title
Vitamin D status in non-supplemented postmenopausal Taiwanese women with osteoporosis and fragility fracture
Authors
Jawl-Shan Hwang
Keh-Sung Tsai
Yuh-Min Cheng
Wen-Jer Chen
Shih-Te Tu
Ko-Hsiu Lu
Sheng-Mou Hou
Shu-Hua Yang
Henrich Cheng
Hung Jen Lai
Sharon Lei
Jung-Fu Chen
Publication date
01-12-2014
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders / Issue 1/2014
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2474
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-15-257

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