Bone Abstracts

Introduction: FGF-21 is a protein that is produced by the liver and adipocytes. In patients with anorexia nervosa (AN), it could be involved in a complex adaptive response to starvation. In addition, this newly discovered protein could play pathogenic role in trabecular skeletal homeostasis. The aim of our work was to evaluate the concentrations of FGF-21 and bone metabolism in patients with AN.Methods: Thirty seven female patients (aged 14.76±3.99 ...

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Children with chronic medical conditions are at increased risk for bone fragility from multiple mechanisms, related both to the underlying condition and its treatment, in particular glucocorticoids. The differential effects of the underlying medical disease on bone micro-architecture have not been well elucidated.Objectives: To describe the bone micro-architectural characteristics in children with rheumatic and oncological disorders treated with glucocor...

Purpose: Osteoporosis (OP) aggravates with vasculature degeneration and improvement of vasculature could prevent OP. We, thus, hypothesize that vascular structure and function play an important role in the development of OP. Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients are vulnerable to vasculopathy, so T2DM were involved in this project to study the correlation between vasculopathy and bone mineral density (BMD).Methods: A total of 427 (180 in OP group; 247...

Objectives: Respiratory insufficiency is the leading cause of mortality for individuals diagnosed with Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI), a skeletal dysplasia clinically characterized by fractures, bone fragility, and scoliosis. The objective of this study is to explore respiratory function and its relation to quality of life, type of OI, presence of scoliosis, stature, and other factors such as age or co-existing co-morbidities.Methods: Adults with OI comple...

Trabecular bone score (TBS) extracts a texture parameter from pixel grey-level variations in DXA lumbar spine images. The TBS is claimed to be a measure of trabecular structure and was validated in an in-vitro study of vertebral bodies with micro-CT1. TBS has shown the potential for fracture pre-diction in adults2. However, data are sparse regarding the reliability and usefulness of TBS3 and the method has not previously been applied i...

Objective: Associations between childhood obesity and disturbed bone metabolism have been extensively studied. Both RANK/RANKL/OPG and adipocytokines are involved in bone metabolism in obese individuals although published data remain inconsistent. Some reports show evidence of protective role of adiposity in the maintenance of skeletal mass, whereas others fail to support this evidence or even demonstrate an increased fragility. The aim of the study was to assess bone metaboli...

Objective: In children, factors such as age and puberty are confounders when investigating associations of fat or lean with bone mineral content (BMC). Our aim was to assess influence of fat on BMC in overweight/obese (ow/ob) and normal weight (nw) children at different stages of puberty.Methods: Cross-sectionally, 244 children+adolescents (6–16 years) (73nw, 177ow/ob) were assessed (tanner staging (TS), body composition (DXA) (total body BMC, lean ...

Objective: Low dietary calcium intakes and increasing adiposity in Indian adolescents may increase their risk of hypertension (Sanwalka et al., Asia Pac J Clin Nutr. 2010, Khadilkar et al., Int J Pediatr Obes. 2010). Therefore, the aim of the present study was to explore association of dietary calcium intakes and body composition with blood pressure in 10–14 year old Indian adolescents.Method: 370 apparently healt...

Objective: Endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) have the potential ability to differentiate into vascular endothelial cells and osteoblasts for angiogenesis and osteogenesis, however, the correlation between number and population of bone marrow EPCs with bone mass and bone metabolism in elderly is unknown.Methods: Trabecular bone were extracted from 11 patients with fragility fracture and eight patients with osteoarthritis during artificial hip replacemen...