Calcidiol and PTH Levels in Women Attending an Osteoporosis Program |
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Authors: | S T Haden G E H Fuleihan J E Angell N M Cotran M S LeBoff |
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Institution: | (1) Endocrine-Hypertension Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 221 Longwood Avenue, Harvard Medical School, Boston Massachusetts 02115, USA, US |
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Abstract: | We performed a retrospective study of 237 patients attending a specialty osteoporosis practice. Secondary causes for reduced
bone mineral density (BMD) were evaluated in 196 postmenopausal women and 41 premenopausal women; mean age was 56 ± 13.8 years
(mean ± SD). BMD was measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) (QDR 1000W/2000 Hologic). Levels of intact parathyroid
hormone (iPTH), calcidiol 25(OH)D], thyroid-stimulating hormone, and 24-hour urinary calcium were measured, and serum and
urine protein (SPEP and UPEP) electrophoresis were performed. Overall, 16% of our patients had 25(OH)D levels <15 ng/ml, the
lowest acceptable vitamin D level without a concomitant rise in iPTH levels. Among the osteoporotic patients (T score <−2.5
SD), 17% had 25(OH)D levels <15 ng/ml and 7% <10 ng/ml. Among the osteopenic patients (−2.5 < T < −1.0 SD), 11% had 25(OH)D
levels <15 ng/ml. Seventeen percent of patients with Z score ≤−1.0 SD (low range normal value) had 25(OH)D levels <15 ng/ml.
Low 25(OH)D levels were inversely related to high iPTH values (r = 0.30, P < 0.0001). Hypercalciuria was present in 15% of our patients, elevations of PTH levels (>65 pg/ml, upper normal limit of
assay) were present in 11.5%, and hyperthyroidism in 4%. A 25(OH)D level of <25 ng/ml in women (n = 86) with no known secondary causes of low BMD was associated with an iPTH level above 49 pg/ml. The measurement of 25(OH)D levels is recommended in the evaluation of secondary
causes for reduced BMD. Supplementation with vitamin D appears needed to keep 25(OH)D above 25 ng/ml, the level required to
prevent increments in iPTH levels.
Received: 9 February 1998 / Accepted: 1 October 1998 |
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Keywords: | : Risk factors — 25(OH)D — iPTH — low BMD |
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