ea0026p523 | Bone/calcium/Vitamin D | ECE2011
Vuolo L
, Carnovale V
, Guerra E
, Rubino M
, Contaldi P
, Rengo F
, Colao A
, Di Somma C
Objective: To evaluate Vitamin D levels and bone metabolism in adult patients with cystic fibrosis (CF).Patients and methods: One hundred patients with CF (53 F, 47 M; age 29±8 years). and 100 healthy controls were enrolled. Patients were assessed through clinical, and laboratory investigations. Evaluation of serum 25 hydroxy vitamin D (25OHD), vertebral fractures (quantitative morphometric analysis) and bone mineral density (BMD) at lumbar spine an...