Open AccessAssociation of Serum Vitamin D Levels With Inflammatory Response Following Hip Fracture: The Baltimore Hip Studies
Author(s) -
Ram R. Miller,
Gregory E. Hicks,
Michelle Shardell,
Anne Rentoumis Cappola,
William Hawkes,
Janet Yu-Yahiro,
Achsah Keegan,
Jay Magaziner
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the journals of gerontology series a
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.134
H-Index - 189
eISSN - 1758-535X
pISSN - 1079-5006
DOI - 10.1093/gerona/62.12.1402
Subject(s) - medicine , vitamin d and neurology , vitamin d deficiency , hip fracture , confidence interval , vitamin , endocrinology , gastroenterology , osteoporosis
Vitamin D, known for its role in calcium homeostasis, may also regulate immune function. Whether vitamin D deficiency at the time of hip fracture is associated with the inflammatory response postfracture is not known.
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