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GARCIA-GIRALDO, Ana María; VARGAS-URICOECHEA, Hernando; POTOSI-GARCIA, Jorge Andrés e SANTIAGO-AUSECHA, Daniel Ricardo. Prevalence of low levels of Vitamin D in patients with osteopenia and osteoporosis. Popayán, Colombia. Univ. Salud [online]. 2021, vol.23, n.3, pp.248-254. Epub 01-Set-2021. ISSN 0124-7107. https://doi.org/10.22267/rus.212303.238.
Introduction:
Vitamin D has gained interest because it is a hormone whose low levels are associated with different pathologies such as bone mass disorders.
Objective:
To determine the prevalence of low levels of vitamin D in adult patients with osteopenia and osteoporosis who received care at an outpatient endocrinology clinic in Popayan, Cauca.
Materials and methods:
A retrospective and descriptive study that included patients diagnosed with osteopenia and osteoporosis through bone densitometry between 2013 and 2016, who also had their vitamin D levels measured by means of any laboratory method. Sociodemographic characteristics, bone densitometry results as well as vitamin D, parathormone and ionic calcium levels were described.
Results:
A total of 300 patients with osteopenia and osteoporosis were included in the study, of which 211 had low levels of vitamin D, representing a prevalence of 71.3%. Finally, the average level of 25-hydroxyvitamin D was 24.35 ng/ml.
Conclusion:
The high prevalence of low levels of vitamin D in patients with osteopenia and osteoporosis highlights the importance to measure 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels in this population in order to carry out an appropriate therapeutic intervention.
Palavras-chave : Vitamin D; osteopenia, osteoporosis; prevalence.