Vitamin D deficiency is prone to fractures

There are more than half of postmenopausal women in the world suffering from osteoporosis due to vitamin D deficiency, regardless of age, region or season, according to British, American and Dutch researchers. This finding suggests that postmenopausal women need not only calcium supplementation but also vitamin D supplementation.

The team led by Dr. Mary K. Beard, of the University of Utah, evaluated vitamin D levels in more than 4,100 postmenopausal women over 55 years of age diagnosed with osteoporosis in various places. world.

Research results show that vitamin D deficiency occurs in 52% of women in North America, 52% in European women, 82% in Middle Eastern women, 51% in Latin American women, 63% in Asian women and 59% in regional women around the Pacific. These numbers do not differ between winter and summer.

Dr. Fabio Massari of the Metabolic Research Institute in Buenos Aires, the lead researcher on vitamin D deficiency in Argentine women, said that the normal aging process involves a decrease in vitamin D intake through absorption Under the sunshine. The absorption of vitamin D from food and the metabolism of vitamin D in the form of vitamin D also decreases as people get older.

He recommends that all osteoporosis patients check their vitamin D levels because "it affects the results of treatment for strong bones".

WALL VY ( According to Reuters )