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Vitamin D deficiency could mean back pain for some postmenopausal women, according to a study from China.
In a retrospective analysis, postmenopausal women with severe vitamin D deficiency -- serum levels under 10 ng/mL -- had lower average bone mineral density T-scores (-1.92 vs -0.7) and greater lower back pain scores (visual analog scale 4.07 vs 3.03) versus women with normal vitamin D levels, reported Hao-Wei Xu, MD, of the Tongji University School of Medicine in Shanghai, and colleagues.