ea0016p75 | Bone and calcium | ECE2008
Rasic-Milutinovic Zorica
, Milicevic Dusan
, Gluvic Zoran
, Vujovic Marina
, Tica Jelena
, Popovic-Radinovic Vesna
, Perunicic-Pekovic Gordana
, Popin-Taric Marija
Objective: Hyperthyroidism is accompanied by low bone mass. Because the reference range of TSH levels is defined statistically, some individuals with high-normal TSH levels (TSH <10 mU/l), may have mild hypothyroidism (subclinical hypothyroidism) and reduced bone mass. We therefore determined whether serum TSH levels correlate with bone mineral density (BMD) in persons with subclinical hypothyroidism.Design: A cross-sectional study.<p class="abst...