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The threshold of bone mineral density for vertebral fractures in female patients with primary hyperparathyroidism

Division of Endocrinology/Metabolism, Neurology and Hematology/Oncology, Department of Clinical Molecular Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0017, Japan and ¹ Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Hematological Oncology, Shimane University School of Medicine, 89-1, Enya-cho, Izumo, Shimane 693-8501, Japan

(Correspondence should be addressed to H Kaji; Email: hiroshik{at}med.kobe-u.ac.jp)

Background and objective: Primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT) is one of the causal diseases that induce secondary osteoporosis. Although patients with pHPT have reduced bone mineral density (BMD) especially at the cortical bone, there have been controversies about risk of fracture. Moreover, no reports have been available about the threshold of BMD for fractures in pHPT patients.

Methods: BMD values were measured by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry at lumbar spine, femoral neck and distal one third of radius. Various indices were compared in 116 female pHPT patients and 716 control subjects. Moreover, we analyzed relationship between the cut-off values of BMD and the prevalence of vertebral fractures in pHPT and control subjects.

Results: The prevalence of subjects with vertebral fractures was lower in pHPT patients, compared with that of control subjects. Age and body height were significantly higher and lower in pHPT women with vertebral fractures, respectively. Lumbar spine BMD was significantly lower in pHPT women with vertebral fractures, presumably due to their increased age. There were no differences in femoral neck and radius BMD or in bone metabolic indices between pHPT women with and without vertebral fractures. On the other hand, age-matched BMD was not significantly different between both groups at any measured site. Cut-off values of BMD at lumbar spine and femoral neck were lower in postmenopausal pHPT patients, compared with those of the postmenopausal control group. Moreover, cut-off values of BMD at radius was much lower in postmenopausal pHPT patients, compared with those of the postmenopausal control group (pHPT vs control (g/cm²): 0.670 vs 0.706 at lumbar spine; 0.549 vs 0.570 at femoral; 0.394 vs 0.474 at radius). Sensitivity and specificity of vertebral fractures was lower in pHPT patients, compared with those in control group.

Conclusions: The present cross-sectional study demonstrated that thresholds of BMD for vertebral fractures were lower especially at radial bone in female patients with pHPT, compared with those in the control group.

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