Low vitamin D in patients with hip fracture is common. In the present study 407 of 872 (47%) patients had serum calcidiol less than 50 nmol/L. Patients with low vitamin D had more delirium, more new hip fractures and more medical readmissions, but not more orthopaedic complications after 1 year.
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