Open AccessAssociation between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and bone mineral density in normal postmenopausal women
Author(s) -
Vasundhara Kamineni,
Akkenapally Prasanna Latha,
K Ramathulasi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of mid-life health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.423
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 0976-7819
pISSN - 0976-7800
DOI - 10.4103/0976-7800.195694
Subject(s) - medicine , osteopenia , bone mineral , osteoporosis , femoral neck , vitamin d and neurology , lumbar spine , postmenopausal women , femur , lumbar vertebrae , urology , endocrinology , lumbar , surgery
This study was conducted with the objective of assessing serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) in postmenopausal women (PMW), to detect osteopenia or osteoporosis in PMW and to establish a correlation between serum 25(OH)D levels and bone mineral density (BMD).