Bone Abstracts

Objective: To determine serum 25-lydroxivitamin D (25OHD) and intact parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels in an immobilized population from Northern Spain.Subjects and methods: We studied 125 immobilized people (37 men and 88 women) aged 53–101 years. (85±8 years.). Seventy-five percent of the subjects lived at home, residing in nursing homes the remaining 25%. None of them received antiresorptive therapy, corticosteroids or vitamin D supplements. ...

Objective: To analyze the effects of statins on bone mineral density (BMD), in participants from a large population-based cohort.Subjects and methods: We studied 2315 subjects (1422 women and 893 men) from the Camargo Cohort, and analyzed the differences in BMD between statin or non-statin users. We also studied the effect of the type of statin, dose, pharmacokinetic properties, and length of treatment, on BMD.Results: Four hundred...