Hip Fractures and Bone Mineral Density in the Elderly—Importance of Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D

Laufey Steingrimsdottir; Thorhallur I. Halldorsson; Kristin Siggeirsdottir; Mary Frances Cotch; Berglind O. Einarsdottir; Gudny Eiriksdottir; Sigurdur Sigurdsson; Lenore J. Launer; Tamara B. Harris; Vilmundur Gudnason; Gunnar Sigurdsson

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0091122

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Hip Fractures and Bone Mineral Density in the Elderly—Importance of Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D

Laufey Steingrimsdottir ,

* E-mail: laufey@hi.is

Affiliation Unit for Nutrition Research, University of Iceland and Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland
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Thorhallur I. Halldorsson,

Affiliation Unit for Nutrition Research, University of Iceland and Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland
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Kristin Siggeirsdottir,

Affiliation Icelandic Heart Association Research Institute, Kopavogur, Iceland
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Mary Frances Cotch,

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications, National Eye Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Berglind O. Einarsdottir,

Affiliation Icelandic Heart Association Research Institute, Kopavogur, Iceland
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Gudny Eiriksdottir,

Affiliation Icelandic Heart Association Research Institute, Kopavogur, Iceland
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Sigurdur Sigurdsson,

Affiliation Icelandic Heart Association Research Institute, Kopavogur, Iceland
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Lenore J. Launer,

Affiliation Intramural Research Program, Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography and Biometry, National Institute of Aging, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Tamara B. Harris,

Affiliation Intramural Research Program, Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography and Biometry, National Institute of Aging, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Vilmundur Gudnason,

Affiliations Icelandic Heart Association Research Institute, Kopavogur, Iceland, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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Gunnar Sigurdsson

Affiliations Icelandic Heart Association Research Institute, Kopavogur, Iceland, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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Hip Fractures and Bone Mineral Density in the Elderly—Importance of Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D

Laufey Steingrimsdottir,
Thorhallur I. Halldorsson,
Kristin Siggeirsdottir,
Mary Frances Cotch,
Berglind O. Einarsdottir,
Gudny Eiriksdottir,
Sigurdur Sigurdsson,
Lenore J. Launer,
Tamara B. Harris,
Vilmundur Gudnason

Published: March 12, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0091122

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