Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: To determine the incidence of osteopaenia and osteoporosis in primary hyperparathyroidism.Methods: Retrospective review of 80 patients with primary hyperparathyroidism; Bone densitometry of the femoral neck, lumbar spine and distal ulna was assessed by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) at the time of diagnosis.Results: The median age at diagnosis was 68; The male: female ratio was 1:3; osteoporosis was present in 2...

Limited data exist describing direct volumetric measures of BMD (g/cm3) in adults with severe GHD or GH-insufficiency. We measured BMD in 30 GHD adults (peak GH to stimulation <3 mcg/l), 24 GH-insufficient adults (GHI, pGH 3 - 7 mcg/l), and 30 age/gender matched control subjects by DXA and pQCT.DXA performed at the lumbar spine, femoral neck, and total hip confirmed GHD adults to have reduced BMD (g/cm2) at all sites (p = 0.05, p...