Associations between trabecular bone score and biochemistry in surgically vs conservatively treated outpatients with primary hyperparathyroidism: A retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Trabecular Bone Score (TBS) is a software-based method for indirect assessment of trabecular bone structure of the spine, based on analysis of pixels in dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) images. Few studies describe the use of TBS in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT). This study aimed at further describing this relationship, investigating possible correlations between biochemistry, body mass index (BMI), fracture incidence and TBS.

Methods

Cross-sectional study of 195 patients with verified PHPT, surgically (27) or conservatively (168) treated at the Department of Endocrinology, Aalborg University Hospital. TBS was acquired by reanalyzing DXA-images of the included subjects from the outpatient clinic. Biochemical variables were obtained from clini

SUBMITTER: Leere JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6092478 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature