High prevalence of vitamin D deficiency, secondary hyperparathyroidism and generalized bone pain in Turkish immigrants in Germany: identification of risk factors

ERKAL, Metin; Wilde, Jürgen; Bilgin, Yaşar; Akıncı, Ayşen; Demir, Esra; Bödeker, RH; Mann, Marion; Bretzel, R. G.; Stracke, H.; Holick, Michael F.

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“…We did not identify any sex-related prevalence of vitamin D deficiency. The reported association between sex and vitamin D varies, with some studies describing higher rates in men [3,14] and others in women [8,21]. Bogunovic et al [3], in a prevalence study, and Guardia et al [14], reported male sex as a risk factor for vitamin D deficiency.…”

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Is There an Epidemic Vitamin D Deficiency in German Orthopaedic Patients?

Maier

Jakobs

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et al. 2013

Clinical Orthopaedics &Amp; Related Research

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Background Vitamin D plays an essential role in bone health and muscle function. Some studies have shown a widespread rate of vitamin D deficiency in the general population, but few have reported on the vitamin D status of orthopaedic patients.Questions/purposes We investigated (1) the extent of hypovitaminosis D in orthopaedic patients, (2) seasonal variations in vitamin D levels, and (3) possible risk factors for insufficient vitamin D levels. Methods Vitamin D levels in 1119 patients consecutively admitted to an orthopaedic surgery department in 2011 were measured. To investigate the correlation between climate factors and vitamin D levels, the sunshine hours for each month in 2011 were collected by Deutscher Wetterdienst (the German weather service) in the region where most tested patients lived. The prevalence of normal ([ 30 ng/mL), insufficient (20-30 ng/mL), and deficient (\20 ng/mL) 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels was determined. Univariate and multivariate analyses were used to assess risk factors for insufficient vitamin D levels. Results Overall, 84% of patients had insufficient levels of vitamin D and 60% were vitamin D deficient. Only 15% were in the target range of 30 to 60 ng/mL. The prevalence of low vitamin D levels was greater during winter and months with fewer sunshine hours. Vitamin D levels did not vary according to age, sex, and disease. Individuals with obesity, hypertension, and osteoporosis were more likely to have low vitamin D levels compared with their healthy counterparts. Conclusions There is an alarmingly high rate of hypovitaminosis D and vitamin D deficiency among orthopaedic patients in this region of Germany, whose latitude (

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Is There an Epidemic Vitamin D Deficiency in German Orthopaedic Patients?

Maier

Jakobs

Roth

et al. 2013

Clinical Orthopaedics &Amp; Related Research

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“…The problem of high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among adults in Europe is not new, it was first reported in the 1970s amongst immigrant populations of Asian origin resident in the United Kingdom and more recently in other Europeans countries [9,24,25,28,33].…”

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Vitamin D deficiency and hyperparathyroidism in relation to ethnicity: a cross-sectional survey in healthy adults

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“…Even though calcium and vitamin D supplementation combination is linked with high bone mineral density and lessened incidence of fractures in hip, vitamin D supplementation's evidence is not very clear [10]. It is recently found that supplementation on vitamin D at doses of more than seven hundred IU daily caused prevention of bone loss as compared to placebo [11].…”

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Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency in Local Population in Urban Area in Karachi

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High prevalence of vitamin D deficiency, secondary hyperparathyroidism and generalized bone pain in Turkish immigrants in Germany: identification of risk factors

Cited by 143 publications

References 37 publications

Is There an Epidemic Vitamin D Deficiency in German Orthopaedic Patients?

Is There an Epidemic Vitamin D Deficiency in German Orthopaedic Patients?

Vitamin D deficiency and hyperparathyroidism in relation to ethnicity: a cross-sectional survey in healthy adults

Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency in Local Population in Urban Area in Karachi

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