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SUBMITTER: Liao EY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6030763 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Liao Er-Yuan EY Zhang Zhen-Lin ZL Xia Wei-Bo WB Lin Hua H Cheng Qun Q Wang Li L Hao Yong-Qiang YQ Chen De-Cai DC Tang Hai H Peng Yong-De YD You Li L He Liang L Hu Zhao-Heng ZH Song Chun-Li CL Wei Fang F Wang Jue J Zhang Lei L
BMC musculoskeletal disorders 20180703 1
<h4>Background</h4>Vitamin D (VD) insufficiency or deficiency is a frequent comorbidity in Chinese women with postmenopausal osteoporosis (PMO). The present study aimed to investigate 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH) D] improvement and calcium-phosphate metabolism in Chinese PMO patients treated with 70 mg of alendronate sodium and 5600 IU of vitamin D<sub>3</sub> (ALN/D5600).<h4>Methods</h4>Chinese PMO women (n = 219) were treated with 12-month ALN/D5600 (n = 111) or calcitriol (n = 108). Changes in ...[more]