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ea0037ep292 | Calcium and Vitamin D metabolism | ECE2015

Relationship between vitamin D supply and healing in patients with hip fracture

Toldy Erzsebet , Salamon Antal , Hepp Balazs , Matrai Akos , Biro Csaba , Agota Katalin , Fata Emoke , Locsei Zoltan

Background: Vitamin D (VD) deficiency is important risk factor of fractures. Yet, the relation of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) levels and recovery of fractures is poorly studied. Our aim was to investigate the VD supply in hip fractures also with regard to lifestyle and other clinical (malignancy, kidney and liver disease, osteoporosis) conditions.Method: 25OHD (protein binding assay, Cobas, Roche) and parathyroid hormone (PTHi) (electrochemilumines...