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- Title
Site-Specific Difference of Bone Geometry Indices in Hypoparathyroid Patients.
- Authors
Hye-Sun Park; Da Hea Seo; Yumie Rhee; Sung-Kil Lim
- Abstract
Background: Hypoparathyroid patients often have a higher bone mineral density (BMD) than the general population. However, an increase in BMD does not necessarily correlate with a solid bone microstructure. This study aimed to evaluate the bone microstructure of hypoparathyroid patients by using hip structure analysis (HSA). Methods: Ninety-five hypoparathyroid patients >20 years old were enrolled and 31 of them had eligible data for analyzing bone geometry parameters using HSA. And among the control data, we extracted sex-, age-, and body mass index-matched three control subjects to each patient. The BMD data were reviewed retrospectively and the bone geometry parameters of the patients were analyzed by HSA. Results: The mean Z-scores of hypoparathyroid patients at the lumbar spine, femoral neck, and total hip were above zero (0.63±1.17, 0.48±1.13, and 0.62±1.10, respectively). The differences in bone geometric parameters were site specific. At the femoral neck and intertrochanter, the cross-sectional area (CSA) and cortical thickness (C.th) were higher, whereas the buckling ratio (BR) was lower than in controls. However, those trends were opposite at the femoral shaft; that is, the CSA and C.th were low and the BR was high. Conclusion: Our study shows the site-specific effects of hypoparathyroidism on the bone. Differences in bone components, marrow composition, or modeling based bone formation may explain these findings. However, further studies are warranted to investigate the mechanism, and its relation to fracture risk.
- Subjects
HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; ENDOCRINE diseases; HORMONE deficiencies
- Publication
Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2017, Vol 32, Issue 1, p68
- ISSN
2093-596X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3803/EnM.2017.32.1.68