Analysis of serum vitamin D and calcium levels in elderly patients with stable and unstable intertrochanteric fractures: A multi-center prospective study
Lower levels of serum vitamin D were significantly associated with unstable IT fractures, and supplementation with this element might prevent severe fractures of this type and other fragility hip fractures.
Authors
- Sina Afzal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6666-9207)
- Hassan Barati (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3893-5018)
- Hemmat Gholinia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0517-2429)
- Kamran Alijanpour
- Abolhasan Alijanpour (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8053-1594)
- Mehdi Tavassoli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-5699-4577)
Institutions
- Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (IR)
- Babol University of Medical Sciences (IR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2024-11-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0313023
- Primary Topic
- Hip and Femur Fractures
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00