نبذة مختصرة : Aim: To find the correlation with regard to various age groups between bone mineral density (BMD) measured in spine and hip areas and Vitamin D level in 3 different cities. Material and Methods: The 3 cities (Marmara, Egean, South Turkey) were located in different geographical regions. BMD was measured with DXA in spine (L1-4) and hip (femur neck and femur total) areas by Hologic QDR4500. Serum Vitamin D and calcium levels were measured. Women over age 40 in these different cities were divided into 3 groups according to their age group. Results: A total of 558 woman were included in the study. Vitamin D levels in the 3 cities were found to be significantly different from each other (p
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