Bone Abstracts

Background: The traditional Inuit diet in Greenland consists mainly of fish and marine mammals. The marine diet is an important source for vitamin D in Greenland. Vitamin D has anti-inflammatory capacity but markers of inflammation were high in Inuit with a high intake of marine food items. Yet, the effect of vitamin D on inflammation in Inuit remains unsettled.Objectives: To investigate the association between vitamin D and markers of inflammation in a ...

Introduction: This study aims to assess 25-hydroxyvitamin D—25(OH)D—status in perimenopausal women to analyze its relationships with serum PTH levels and bone mineral density (BMD).Methods: A total of 102 individuals who visited to climacteric clinic in Sanggye paik hospital participated in the study. Serum 25(OH)D and intact parathyroid hormone (PTH) were measured. BMD was determined by dual x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) at lumbar spine, femoral ...

Objectives: This cross-sectional study was done in order to assess the prevalence and determinants of vitamin D deficiency in children taking in account the following parameters: children’s age, season, geographic region and ethnicity.Methods: A cross-sectional prospective study was conducted in Israeli children aged 0–18 from Meuhedet Health Services during the year of 2016 in primary care pediatric clinics throughout all different geographic ...

Objectives: Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a life-threatening eating disorder often associated with reduced bone mass. The aim of the present study was to investigate vitamin D status and the association with BMI, fat mass and bone mineral density (BMD) during a novel intensive nutrition therapy in young AN women.Methods: Twenty-five female AN patients (20.1±2.3 years, BMI 15.5±0.9 kg/m2) admitted to a specialised inpatient eating disorder...

Biographical DetailsBarbara M Misof is Staff Scientist at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology, Vienna, Austria. She completed her PhD in Physics and Postgraduate Education in Medical Physics at the University of Vienna in 2000. In 2002, she received the Herbert-Czitober-Research Award of the Austrian Society of Bone and Mineral Research. Her areas of interest are bone material pro...

Background and objective: Recent studies have demonstrated that higher serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) had a favorable effect on bone health. Osteocalcin, however, according to its serum concentration showed different outcomes for bone and aortic calcification. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to compare the bone mineral density (BMD) and coronary artery calcification score (CACS) according to the serum concentration of 25-hydroxyvitamin D and osteocalcin.<p c...

Objective: To study any possible relations of vitamin D status and metabolic syndrome (MetS) components in children, since there is evidence for extraskeletal functions of vitamin D, and its deficiency may contribute to the pathogenesis of several major diseases. In addition to explore any possible role of birth weight (BW).Methods: Clinically healthy children aged 3–9 years (n=152) were included in the study. Forty-six were born large for ...

Introduction: Parathyroid hormone (PTH) measurement is of use in i) differential diagnosis of hypercalcaemia and ii) patients with renal impairment at risk of bone disease. PTH immunoassays are complicated by cross-reactivity with truncated (inactive) variant forms, which accumulate in patients with renal impairment. PTH assay variability is a critical governance issue in renal medicine, suggesting an MS-based reference method is required.Aim: To develop...

Introduction and aims: Vitamin D deficiency is a prevalent disorder in developing countries. Clinical manifestations of the deficiency include musculoskeletal disorders, such as nonspecific muscle pain, poor muscle strength and low bone mineral density (BMD). The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and low BMD in healthy Saudi women.Methods: The subjects of this cross-sectional study comprised 449 healthy Saudi women...

Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH) D) level and blood pressure (BP) in Saudi women and to assess the effect of BMI, as a measure of adiposity, on this relationship.Methods: Three-hundred and three apparently healthy Saudi women (20–40 years old) were randomly selected for this cross-sectional study. All women signed an informed consent and the study was approved by the Ethical Comm...