Bone mineral density in primary care patients related to serum calcium concentrations: a longitudinal cohort study from Sweden.

CONCLUSIONS: In this study, patients with elevated calcium concentrations at baseline had osteoporosis ten years later more often than controls (45% vs. 29%), which highlights the importance of examining these patients further using absorptiometry, even when their parathyroid hormone level is normal. Key Points Osteoporosis is common, difficult to detect and usually untreated. It is not known whether elevated calcium concentrations, irrespective of the PTH level, could be a marker of low bone mineral density. No correlation was found between calcium or parathyroid hormone concentrations and bone mineral density at follow-up. In this study, patients with elevated calcium concentrations at baseline had osteoporosis ten years later more often than controls (45% vs. 29%). PMID: 29623754 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Primary Care - Category: Primary Care Authors: Tags: Scand J Prim Health Care Source Type: research