Endocrine Abstracts

Background and objectiveAn increased risk of fractures in Primary Hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) has been reported in a number of relatively small studies. Performing a systematic literature search we identified available studies and calculated common estimates by pooling results from the individual studies in a meta-analysis.Methods: Searching EMBASE and PubMed using both free text word search and Mesh terms we identified published st...

Introduction: Multiple adverse health outcomes are reported in response to low vitamin D and/or hyperparathyroidism.Aim and methods: A cross-sectional study in a random sample of mainly non-vitamin D supplemented Danish women (N=1580) during winter-time. We investigated prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency, hyperparathyroidism, general health and quality of life (QoL) as assessed by a general health questionnaire and a validated hyperparathyroi...