In PTH-treated osteoporotic women, baseline turnover associations with subsequent areal and volumetric BMD changes were inconsistent.
In plain wordsIn PTH-treated osteoporotic women, baseline bone turnover had inconsistent links to later bone density changes.
- Outcome
- MixedBaseline turnover and BMD response
- Study
n = 119
- Outcome group
- Bone and joint · Musculoskeletal
- Studied dose
- 100 mug/d · subcutaneous · 1 yrAs given in this study (human).
Source sentences
Among women treated with PTH alone, the relationships between baseline turnover and 1-yr changes in dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry and QCT BMD were inconsistent.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
Patients included 238 postmenopausal women with low hip or spine BMD.
Subjects were randomized to sc PTH (1-84), 100 mug/d (119 women), for 1 yr.