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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1889-836X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista de Osteoporosis y Metabolismo Mineral]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Osteoporos Metab Miner]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1889-836X</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Española de Investigaciones Óseas y Metabolismo Mineral]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S1889-836X2018000100002</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.4321/s1889-836x2018000100002</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Insuficiencia de vitamina D en mujeres postmenopáusicas ecuatorianas con diabetes mellitus tipo 2]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Vitamin D deficiency in postmenopausal Ecuadorian women with diabetes mellitus type 2]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[López Gavilanez]]></surname>
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<surname><![CDATA[Orces]]></surname>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
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<surname><![CDATA[Guerrero Franco]]></surname>
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<surname><![CDATA[Segale Bajaña]]></surname>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
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<surname><![CDATA[Veliz Ortega]]></surname>
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<surname><![CDATA[Bajaña Granja]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[W]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Docente Policía Nacional Servicio de Endocrinología ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Guayaquil ]]></addr-line>
<country>Ecuador</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Centro Médico de Laredo  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Laredo Texas]]></addr-line>
<country>Estados Unidos</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Docente Policía Nacional Servicio de Medicina Interna ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Guayaquil ]]></addr-line>
<country>Ecuador</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Laboratorio Clínico Interlab  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Guayaquil ]]></addr-line>
<country>Ecuador</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>10</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>7</fpage>
<lpage>14</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1889-836X2018000100002&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1889-836X2018000100002&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1889-836X2018000100002&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Objetivos:  Conocer la prevalencia de insuficiencia de vitamina D en mujeres ecuatorianas postmenopáusicas con diabetes mellitus tipo 2, y establecer si existe correlación entre los niveles séricos de vitamina D total, las variables de control metabólico de diabetes, los marcadores de metabolismo óseo y la densidad mineral ósea.  Material y método:  Estudio epidemiológico descriptivo y de diseño transversal, realizado entre enero de 2012 a noviembre de 2015, en 124 mujeres postmenopáusicas, 96 de ellas con diabetes mellitus tipo 2 y las 28 restantes como controles sin diabetes. Se les midieron los niveles séricos de vitamina D, hemoglobina glucosilada, el índice de resistencia a la insulina HOMA-IR (Homeostasis Model of Assessment-Insulin Resistance Index), hormona paratiroidea, calcio iónico, osteocalcina, deoxipiridinolina urinaria y la densidad mineral ósea. Se excluyeron las pacientes premenopáusicas, aquellas que padecían nefropatía, diabetes tipo 1 u osteoporosis secundaria, y las que recibieron tratamientos que afectan el metabolismo óseo. Separamos las pacientes con diabetes en 2 grupos: uno, pacientes con suficiencia de vitamina D (&gt;30 ng/mL) y el otro, pacientes con insuficiencia de vitamina D (&lt;30 ng/mL). Este último grupo se dividió a su vez en un subgrupo con insuficiencia (&lt;30 ng/mL), otro con deficiencia (&lt;20 ng/mL) y un tercero con deficiencia severa (&lt;10 ng/mL). Se realizó un análisis de correlación lineal entre vitamina D y todas las variables.  Resultados:  Encontramos una reducción significativa en los niveles séricos de vitamina D en las pacientes con diabetes mellitus tipo 2 comparados con los controles (p&lt;0,034). El grupo de pacientes con diabetes mellitus tuvo las siguientes características: edad, 66 (13) años; índice de masa corporal, 28,5 (6,5); vitamina D, 20,9 (8,2) ng/mL; y hormona paratiroidea, 34 (21) pg/mL; el 12,5% tenía suficiencia y el 87,5% insuficiencia de vitamina D; entre estas, 44 tenían insuficiencia, 36 deficiencia y 4 deficiencia severa. Existe una correlación significativa entre la vitamina D, la edad (p=0,036) y la densidad ósea lumbar (p=0,031). No encontramos correlación entre la vitamina D y las variables de control metabólico de diabetes.  Conclusiones:  Encontramos una elevada prevalencia de insuficiencia de vitamina D en las mujeres ecuatorianas postmenopáusicas con diabetes mellitus tipo 2.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Summary  Objectives:  To know the prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency in Ecuadorian postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes mellitus, and to investigate the correlation between serum levels of vitamin D, variables of metabolic control of type 2 diabetes mellitus, markers of bone metabolism and bone mineral density.  Design, materials and methods:  Epidemiological study descriptive and cross-sectional design, carried out between January 2012 November 2015. In 124 postmenopausal women, 96 with type 2 diabetes mellitus and 28 without diabetes, we measured serum levels of vitamin D, glycosylated hemoglobin, HOMA-IR, parathyroid hormone, ionic calcium, osteocalcin, urinary deoxypiridinoline and bone density. Premenopausal women, kidney disease, type 1 diabetes, secondary osteoporosis, and those who received treatments that affect bone metabolism, were excluded. We separate patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in 2 groups: group sufficiency vitamin D (&gt;30 ng/mL) and group insufficiency vitamin D (&lt;30 ng/mL). The latter group was subdivided into insufficiency (&lt;30 ng/mL), deficiency (&lt;20 ng/mL) and severe deficiency (&lt;10 ng/mL). An analysis of linear correlation between vitamin D and all variables was performed.  Results:  We found a significant reduction in serum levels of vitamin D in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus compared with the controls (p&lt;0,034). The group of patients with diabetes mellitus had the following characteristics: age, 66 (13) years; body mass index, 28.5 (6.5); vitamin D, 20.9 (8.2) ng/mL; and parathyroid hormone, 34 (21) pg/mL; 12.5% had sufficiency and 87.5% insufficiency of vitamin D; among these, 44 had insufficiency, 36 deficiency and 4 severe deficiency. There is a significant correlation between VD, age (p=0,036) and lumbar bone density (p=0,031). We found no correlation between vitamin D and the variables of metabolic control of diabetes.  Conclusions:  We found a high prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency in the Ecuadorian postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes mellitus.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[densitometría]]></kwd>
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