Low vitamin B linked to hip fractures
Older adults who have low vitamin B levels or have elevated levels
of a blood protein called homocysteine may have a higher risk of
suffering a hip fracture. In a study of more than 1,000 elderly men
and women, researchers found that those who were deficient in
vitamin B12 were 60 percent more likely than those with normal
levels to sustain a hip fracture over four years. Patients with
high levels of homocysteine--a blood protein whose levels go up
when vitamin B levels are low--were 50 percent to 70 percent more
likely to suffer a hip fracture.
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