BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Currently, there is no consensus whether dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) or quantitative computed tomography (QCT) can be used to screen for osteoporosis or osteopenia in CKD-5D patients. This study uses iliac bone histology, the "gold standard" for bone volume evaluation, to determine the utility of DXA and QCT for low bone mass screening in CKD-5D patients. ...

BACKGROUND Both gastrectomy (GX) and ovariectomy (OVX) induce osteopenia in man and experimental animals. The present study addresses the question--can alendronate, estrogen or parathyroid hormone (PTH) be used to treat established GX- or OVX -evoked osteopenia? METHODS Rats were GX-, OVX- or SHAM-operated 8 weeks before starting the treatment with drugs. Each group was then treated for 8 wee...

Sclrostin is a biomarker interrupted in bone resorption process by binding to LRP5 and/or LRP6 family, and prevent Wingless-type signaling (Wnt) which important both development the maintain of mass. Sixty (60) patients with thalassemia major were enrolled from period 2/5/2021 1/9/2021 summer assessment role sclrostin predisposing for osteoporosis β-thalassemia (β-TM). Patients ages (2-40 year)...

OBJECTIVE To compare osteoporosis self assessment tool for Asian (OSTA) with the standard measurement of bone mineral density (BMD) by dual energy x-rays absorptiometry (DXA) in- identifying the prevalence of osteopenia and osteoporosis in Thai menopausal women who attended the Menopause Clinic, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University. MATERIAL AND METHOD The data was retrospectively colle...

The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and risk factors of low bone mineral density (BMD) in patients with Spondylarthropathies (SpA) at an early stage of disease. In this cross-sectional study, the BMD of lumbar spine and hips was measured in 130 consecutive early SpA patients. The outcome measure BMD was defined as (1) osteoporosis, (2) osteopenia and (3) normal bone dens...

INTRODUCTION We investigated the association between bone mineral density (BMD) detected by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometric (DXA) method and blood pressure (BP) in a large sample of postmenopausal women. MATERIAL AND METHODS The current study was based on a retrospective analysis of 586 postmenopausal women with a mean age of 60.8 ±8.8 years, who were screened for osteopenia or osteoporosis...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the occurrence of osteopenia and the prognostic factors of bone mass in a pediatric group with type 1 diabetes. METHODS The following parameters were analyzed in a group of 23 patients with type 1 diabetes aged 10.9 -/+ 2.9 years: bone mineral density, serum C peptide, glycosylated hemoglobin, serum calcium, serum alkaline phosphatase, serum phosphorus and calciuria. Cli...

osteoporosis is a metabolic disease characterized by reduction in bone density and susceptibility to deformity and fracture. some studies show that osteoblasts can create inter-cellular free radicals that lead to cellular death. superoxide dismutase (sod) plays an essential role in cell defense against reactive oxygen metabolites. the purpose of this study was to measure the plasma sod activiti...