Osteoporosis Epidemiology
New osteoporosis epidemiology study results reported from Henry Ford Hospital
Published in Women's Health Weekly, February 7th, 2008
New research, 'Prevalence of vitamin D depletion among subjects seeking advice on osteoporosis: a five-year cross-sectional study with public health implications,' is the subject of a report. "We assessed vitamin D nutritional status in unselected consecutive patients seeking advice on osteoporosis. The prevalence of vitamin D depletion ranged from 15-72% depending upon the cut-off levels used for serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D, and the prevalence did not change over the 5 years of the study," researchers in the United States report.
"Vitamin D depletion is a significant public health problem and has been studied in different populations using different cut-off levels, but...
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