Publication: Prevalence of hypovitaminosis D in elderly women living in urban area of Khon Kaen Province, Thailand
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2001-10-01
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01252208
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Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand. Vol.84, No.SUPPL. 2 (2001)
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Sukree Soontrapa, Chatlert Pongchaiyakul, Woraluk Somboonporn, Suppasin Soontrapa, Charoonsak Somboonporn, La Or Chailurkit Prevalence of hypovitaminosis D in elderly women living in urban area of Khon Kaen Province, Thailand. Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand. Vol.84, No.SUPPL. 2 (2001). Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/26713
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Prevalence of hypovitaminosis D in elderly women living in urban area of Khon Kaen Province, Thailand
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This study included 106 volunteer elderly women who were living in an urban area of Khon Kaen province. The mean (±SD) of age and of serum 25(OH)D concentration of these elderly women was 69.42 (±6.77) years and 33.32 (±7.14) ng/ml respectively. There was a significant inverse relationship between serum 25(OH)D and PTH concentration. Serum PTH con-centration started to increase steeply when serum 25(OH)D concentration declined ≤35 ng/ml and increased significantly when serum 25(OH)D concentration declined ≤30 ng/ml. Furthermore mean (±SD) of serum 25(OH)D concentration in the group of osteopenia and osteoporosis of femoral neck was 35.25 (±6.77) and 30.92 (±6.49) ng/ml respectively. As a result, the prevalence of hypovitaminosis D in these selected elderly women would be at least 34.9 per cent, or as high as 65.1 per cent.