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Vitamin D deficiency knows no boundaries.(Clinical Rounds)
Publication: Skin & Allergy News Publication Date: 01-AUG-05 Author: Jancin, Bruce
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COPYRIGHT 2005 International Medical News Group
VIENNA -- More than half of postmenopausal women being treated for osteoporosis in the United States and the rest of the world have vitamin D levels that are inadequate for skeletal health, according to two recent cross-sectional surveys totalling 2,821 such women in 20 countries.
"Wherever we look in the world, patients are not getting enough vitamin D to maintain calcium homeostasis .... This is a missed opportunity. When we're giving bone-active drugs to patients with osteoporosis, if we don't think about vitamin D inadequacy then we miss the opportunity to ensure that our patients have optimal gains in bone mineral density. And these studies show that the problem...
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