| Title |
Hypovitaminosis D as a risk factor of hip fracture severity
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Osteoporosis International, March 2011
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| DOI | 10.1007/s00198-011-1588-z |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
M. Larrosa, A. Gomez, E. Casado, M. Moreno, I. Vázquez, C. Orellana, E. Berlanga, J. Ramon, J. Gratacos |
| Abstract |
In a cross-sectional study including 324 patients older than 65 years admitted to our hospital for osteoporotic hip fracture, we found that those patients with a more severe vitamin D deficiency had more severe osteoporotic hip fractures (Garden grades III-IV and Kyle III-IV). |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 64 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 2 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 60 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 7 | 11% |
| Other | 5 | 8% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 5 | 8% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 8% |
| Other | 17 | 27% |
| Unknown | 16 | 25% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 32 | 50% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 8% |
| Arts and Humanities | 3 | 5% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1 | 2% |
| Mathematics | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 5 | 8% |
| Unknown | 17 | 27% |