Bone Abstracts

Background: There have been many studies on the association between vitamin D and testosterone in the world. But it has not been fully clarified. Furthermore, data in Korean men is limited. This study aimed to determine the association between vitamin D and testosterone levels in korean men.Methods: This cross sectional study analyzed serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) and total testosterone in 365 Korean men over 25 years of age who visited a local uni...

Many reports have proposed significant role of vitamin D on immune mediated disease. This study analyzed lymphocyte subsets according to serum 25(OH) vitamin D levels in postmenopausal women to determine the potential effect of vitamin D on immune-mediated disease.On a prospective observational basis, we enrolled 31 postmenopausal women who underwent health checkup in our hospital. Peripheral blood drawn for the estimation of total T, B cell, NK cell cou...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of fitness program with vitamin D supplementation for biochemistry related to vitamin D, muscle mass and physical functions in elderly women.The subjects were elderly women aged 65 or older, regularly visiting a senior welfare center and a senior citizen center in city. A total of 65 subjects were divided into experimental group (n=34) and control group (n=31). The intervention fo...

Introduction: To compare serum vitamin D levels in elderly patients with or without osteoporotic spinal compression fractures (OSCF) and to evaluate a correlation between serum vitamin D level and several variables such as age, and bone mineral density (BMD), bone turnover markers.Methods: The medical records of 78 patients with OSCF (fracture group) and 84 age-matched control patients who were diagnosed osteoporosis without OSCF (control group) were rev...

Introduction: To analyze clinical assessment and efficacy of once-yearly i.v. zoledronic acid for osteoporosis.Materials and methods: The subjects were 322 osteoporotic patients who received more than single infusion of zoledronic acid in our hospital from October 2008 to March 2011. On clinical assessment, the adherence was evaluated by measuring the rate of reinfusion. Adverse events were recorded for safety assessment. For efficacy assessment, the bon...

Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between renal function (estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) using Cockcroft–Gault (CG) equation and modification of diet in renal disease (MDRD), respectively), bone mineral density (BMD) and both arterial stiffness in Korean postmenopausal women.Materials and methods: From January 2008 until December 2010, among the person who got medical examinations including bone densitometr...

Purpose: The purpose of the present study was to characterize the extent of sarcopenia among orthopaedic surgery patients.Methods: This retrospective cross-sectional study identified 222 patients immediately after or before an orthopaedic surgery including elective total hip and knee arthroplasty and hip fracture surgery at a single institution. 364 patients from an outpatient department who did not have an orthopaedic surgery were also examined as a con...

Aging is associated with a loss of systemic bone mass and an increased risk of especially the spine and hip. Therefore bone loss of teeth and ridge resorption can occur in the mouth. However, results of several studies investing association between systemic bone density and oral health have varied. In this study, we investigated the relationship between osteoporosis and dental caries with the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) conducted in 2008&#1...

Sacral insufficiency fracture is known as a common cause of lumbosacral pain developed without evident trauma in patients with osteoporotic spinal compression fracture. The purpose of study was to investigate the incidence and predisposing factors of sacral insufficiency fracture accompanied by osteoporotic spinal compression fracture.We carried out a retrospective study of 949 patients who were measured bone mineral densitometry (BMD) and showed osteopo...

Introduction: As Korean society have been entered to aging population, osteoporosis is considered one of the most important disease in the elderly. Osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures can affect to patient’s quality of life. But, in Korea, there is few studies about this, so we investigated.Aim: To evaluate the quality of life of patients with vertebral compression fracture.Methods: This study was performed in multice...