osteoporosis/albumin

BACKGROUND Osteoporosis is a progressive bone disease that is characterized by a decrease in bone mass density and destruction of microstructure, which can lead to an increased risk of fracture. Although many studies have been published about the relationship between end-stage renal disease and

OBJECTIVE Poor nutritional status is associated with osteoporosis (OP) in postmenopausal women. Moreover, recent studies documented that prealbumin is the best and most widely used parameter to monitor nutrition intervention and is a sensitive predictor of short-term outcome compared with albumin.

This cross-sectional study covered 301 individuals over 70 years of age--207 women (W) and 94 men (M)--living in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Our aims were to evaluate the prevalence of low bone mineral density (BMD) in this population and the possible factors that influence BMD. The subjects were

Osteoporosis treatment of patients with hip fractures is necessary to prevent subsequent fractures. Secondary causes for bone loss are present in more than 80% of patients with hip fractures, and therefore, assessment of Vitamin D status, disorders in calcium absorption and excretion, monoclonal

CONCLUSIONS Osteoporosis in men is underestimated, but our data point to an increasing prevalence rate in those over 70 years old with body mass index (BMI) <25 kg/m(2), bioavailable testosterone <2.7 nmol/L, bioavailable estradiol <40 pmol/L, and high bone turnover, defined in this study as serum

BACKGROUND Celiac disease (CD) is an autoimmune disease with a wide variety of clinical symptoms. Osteopathy is its possible manifestation in adulthood. OBJECTIVE Verify the assumption, in view of contradictory literary data concerning serological screening for CD in osteoporosis, that the screened

We have previously reported the merits of chronopharmacological effect of 1-alpha(OH) vitamin D3 in aged stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHRSP), a model of osteoporosis [Eur. J. Pharmacol. 428 (2001) 283.]. In this study, the chronopharmacological effect of 22-oxacalcitriol, a newly

We reported previously that a gender-specific defect of acquisition of lumbar bone mass plays an important role in the pathogenesis of male idiopathic osteoporosis (IO) and that there is a strong heritability of this maturational defect, which is particularly manifest in sons of men with IO. A

Alendronate belongs to a class of drugs called bisphosphonates. Bisphosphonates (BP) therapy is a vital option to reduce the risk of bone fracture in people who suffer from osteoporosis. Yet, bisphosphonate have displayed several side effects. Lepidium sativum (LS) seeds have been used in

Serum calcium, albumin, phosphorus, and alkaline phosphatase, urinary creatinine and retention of 99mTc-methylene bisphosphonate (99mTc-MDP) were measured in 61 subjects with osteoporosis and the values compared with those obtained in normal subjects. 99mTc-MDP retention was inversely related with

BACKGROUND In the European Prospective Osteoporosis Study (EPOS), a past spine fracture increased risk of an incident fracture 3.6 - 12-fold even after adjusting for BMD. We examined the possibility that biochemical marker levels were associated with this unexplained BMD-independent element of

During an 8-year period, 163 consecutive patients with spinal crush fracture osteoporosis started a 5-year treatment with a combination of sodium fluoride (60 mg/day), calcium phosphate (45 mmol/day) and vitamin D2 (18,000 IU/day), and were followed in the outpatient clinic every 3 months.