Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Hospital physicians are indoor workers, with higher prevalence of vitamin D deficiency as compared to community-based physicians. The correlation between vitamin D deficiency and osteoporosis later in life has not been fully studied, and bone mineral density (BMD) in elderly hospital physicians has not been systematically examined.Methods: A cross-sectional study measuring BMD in hospital male physicians aged 65 and older was carried out. BMD...