Bone Abstracts

Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the association between bone mineral density (BMD) and coronary atherosclerosis in healthy postmenopausal women.Methods: We performed a retrospective review of 252 postmenopausal women who visited the health promotion center for a routine checkup, after excluding participants who had factors affecting BMD and coronary artery disease. BMD of the lumbar spine and proximal femur was evaluated by dual-energy X-r...

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...

The relationships between insulin resistance and BMD are not clear. Therefore, we conducted a cross-sectional study to examine the relationship between insulin resistance and BMD among Korean young adult population. This study is based on the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) from 2008 to 2010. BMD and body composition were measured by DXA method. Insulin resistances were obtained by HOMA-IR equation. The relationship between BMD and HOMA-IR were...

Introduction: The significance of sarcopenia and low muscle mass are especially emphasized in these days. Sarcopenia is well known to highly correlate with fragility and increases the risk of falling in the elderly and an important risk factor for disability and mortality. Evidence of inter-relaionship of muscle with bone metabolism is increasing. Therefore we investigated the relationship between BMD and muscle mass among healthy Korean premenopausal women.<p class="abste...

Tannerella forsythia is a gram-negative, anaerobic, asaccharolytic, fusiform bacterium. The presence of the bacterium is associated with various forms of periodontal disease, including gingivitis, chronic and aggressive periodontitis. The expression of GroEL, a bacterial heat shock protein, increases in stressful conditions such as infection. GroEL is a moonlighting protein that has multiple functions. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of T. forsyth...

The receptor activator of NF-kB (RANK) and ITAM-containing adaptors have been identified as essential factors involved in osteoclast formation and bone remodeling, but their mechanisms and interacting factors have not yet been fully identified. Here we report that early estrogen-induced gene 1 (EEIG1), a novel RANK ligand (RANKL)-inducible protein, physically interacts with RANK and further associates with Gab2, PLCg2, and Tec/Btk kinases by RANKL stimulation. Overexpression o...

The purpose of this study is to understand the changes of TBS scores in Asian females by comparing 1990’s and 2010’s DXA images.We have compared the DXA images of 3774 Korean females (age: 20–79) to Japanese (age: 20–79). While Korean DXA images were obtained in 2014 and 2015, Japanese data were obtained in 1996. Participants who have abnormal DXA images or lumbar disease were excluded. TBSiNsight® software (v. 2.1.1, ...

The purpose of this study is to assess the correlation of trabecular bone score (TBS) to variable factors, i.e. sex, age, body size and BMD. Moreover, we want to find variables of correlation coefficient change with aging.We randomly selected 2,906 subjects (1726 female and 1180 male, age range 20’s to 70’s) from several hospitals in Korea. Participants who have abnormal Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA) images or lumbar disease were exclu...

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in leptin (LEP), its receptor (LEPR) and β adrenergic receptor (ADRB) genes and bone mineral density (BMD) in postmenopausal Korean women.Methods: The LEP c.280G>A, LEPR c.326A>G, c.668A>G, c.1968G>C, c.2096C>T, ADRB2 c.46A>G, c.79C>G, c.718T>C, c....

Type 2 diabetes is associated with fracture risk but, paradoxically, greater bone mineral density. The trabecular bone score (TBS) has been proposed as an index of bone microarchitecture associated with bone quality. This study compared the performance of TBS, bone mineral density (BMD), original and TBS adjusted FRAX scores in the prediction of vertebral fractures (VFs) in diabetic patients. This cross-sectional study enrolled 169 Korean postmenopausal diabetic women. Lateral...