Endocrine Abstracts

Trabecular bone score (TBS) is a recent noninvasive analytical method, based upon DXA images, related to bone microarchitecture or bone quality; together, TBS and DXA may evidence bone strength. Falls and osteoporotic fractures increase with ageing, while both BMD and vitamin D levels slowly decline. Data about the influence of vitamin D on the TBS are scarce.Aim: To evaluate the influence of the blood vitamin D levels on the TBS in normal men.<p cla...

Increased recognition of the morbidity and mortality due to osteoporosis in men are main issues of public health. Ageing and the propensity to falls are the main risk factors for osteoporotic fractures in men; moreover, hypogonadism is an important secondary cause of low bone mineral density (BMD), but very little is known about the effect of hypogonadism treatment on the BMD.Objective: The aim was to study the impact on BMD of the treatment of male hypo...