Bone Abstracts

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Low body mass index (BMI) or body weight is a well-known risk factor for osteoporosis and fragility fractures. However, the relative contribution of lean mass and fat mass on bone health, i.e. fragility fractures is inconclusive.We elucidated the relative contribution of lean and fat mass on fracture risk by group analysis in Korean men and women. This was an ongoing prospective community-dwelling cohort study at Ansung in Korea, begun in 2001. We includ...

Evidence indicates that dipeptidyl-peptidase 4 (DPP4) plays a distinct role in bone metabolism. However, there has been no report on the association, if any, between circulating DPP4 levels and osteoporosis-related phenotypes. This study aimed to determine if DPP4 predicts osteoporotic fracture (OF) risk in postmenopausal women. This case–control study was conducted in multiple centers in Korea. We enrolled 178 cases with OF and 178 age- and body mass index-matched contro...

Sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) is a significant regulator of bone metabolism. Recently, we found that a high plasma S1P level is associated with low bone mineral density (BMD), high levels of bone resorption markers, and a high risk of prevalent vertebral fracture in postmenopausal women. We investigated the possibility that S1P is a predictor of incident fracture. A total of 263 postmenopausal women participated in this longitudinal study and received follow-up for a mean dura...

The present study figured out the relationship between social network and osteoporosis among elderly women. Social network could be beneficial to one’s health since it works as social capital providing several supports. On the other hand, social network can also be a source of social burden aggravating one’s health. To examine the seemingly contradicting associations, Korean Urban Rural Elderly Study (KURE) data was analyzed. There were 1938 older women aged over 65,...

Objects: Seventy seven clinically diagnosed pseudohypoparathyroidism (PHP) patients from our hospital during 2000–2010 were recruited to analyze the clinical features and molecular genetics of Chinese PHP patients.Methods: The clinical data of the 77 PHP patients were retrospectively analyzed. Methylation status of GNAS was detected by combined bisulfiterestriction analysis. Genome DNA was extracted from peripheral blood lymphocytes. GN...

Objective: Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1-related PHPT (MHPT) differs in many aspects from sporadic PHPT (SHPT). The aims of the study were to summarize the clinical features of Chinese MHPT and compare the severity of the disease with SHPT.Design and methods: A total of 40 MHPT cases (27 sporadic, seven families) and 169 SHPT patients of Chinese descent were retrospectively analyzed. X-rays and ultrasound were used to assess the bone and urinary sy...

Introduction: Hypertrophy of ligamentum flavum (LF) induces narrowing of spinal canal which develops neurogenic claudication. Several mechanisms of LF hypertrophy have been suggested. Among them inflammatory cytokine play a crucial role in LF hypertrophy by increasing collagen synthesis. Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) pathway shares inflammatory reaction from infection and arthritis. Selective COX-2 inhibitor (COX-2si) might modulates collagen synthesis via suppressing inflammatory ...

Background: Asian-specific prediction model for estimating the individual risk of osteoporotic fracture was rare. We aimed to develop a Korean fracture risk prediction model using clinical risk factors and assess external validity of the final model.Methods: A total of 718,306 Korean men and women aged 50–90 were followed for 7 years in national system based cohort study. Fifty percent were randomly assigned to the development dataset and 50% to the...

Background: In 2004, we reported a 48.1% prevalence of osteoporosis in an Ibansung cohort. The current prospective intervention study was undertaken in order to estimate the prevalence of osteoporosis from 2004 to 2015 and the increasing treatment rate of osteoporosis following osteoporosis screening tests with ultrasound bone densitometry and education in the same cohort.Methods: From November 1, 2014 to August 31, 2015, 960 adults ≥50 years of ag...