Vitamin D deficiency and hip fracture risk

A new report to be published online in Current Medical Research and Opinion found that in nearly all cases of hip fracture the patients are deficient in vitamin D.

The Scottish study of 548 patients who were admitted to South Glasgow University Hospital in the previous 4 years revealed that over 97 percent had vitamin D levels below normal.

Additionally, the vitamin D levels in 25 percent of the cases were so low they were virtually immeasurable.

The researchers stated that although the study numbers were relatively small, the results demonstrate that vitamin D insufficiency may be a significant risk factor for fractures of the hip.