Associations between the serum levels of selected bone turnover markers and biological traits in nursing home women aged 80+ without inflammation. A pilot study.

CONCLUSIONS: In relatively healthy the oldest-old nursing home women without inflammation, total body weight was the best predictor of bone resorption shown by the CTX-I concentration, whereas the rate pressure product (DP) turned out to best predict osteoblastic activity determinable from serum alkaline phosphatase activity. The results of the study suggest that the activity of serum TAP and BAP can be enhanced by different mechanisms. PMID: 32428562 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Experimental Gerontology - Category: Geriatrics Authors: Tags: Exp Gerontol Source Type: research