Assessment of Vitamin D Status and Calcium-Phosphorus Metabolism in Postmenopausal Women with Osteoporosis

This study aims to assess vitamin D levels in women with postmenopausal osteoporosis and healthy women in menopause. Two groups of women over 50 years of age took part in the study – 41 women with osteoporosis and 22 without osteoporosis. The levels of vitamin D, parathormone, alkaline phosphatase, calcium and phosphorus were examined. 16 women with osteoporosis (39%) were with normal levels of vitamin D, 14 (34,1%) were with insufficiency, and 11 (26,9%) with deficiency of vitamin D. Within the control group, 8 women (36,4%) were with normal levels of vitamin D, 12 (54,5%) were with vitamin D insufficiency and 2 (9,1%) with deficiency. The patients with vitamin D deficiency were significantly older both in the osteoporosis group and the control group (r = -0.32, p