Eunha Bae, Soo Yeun Sim, Su Jin Park, Sung Eun Kim, Seulki Kim, Shin-Hee Kim, Won Kyoung Cho, Kyoung Soon Cho, Min Ho Jung, Byung-Kyu Suh, Moon Bae Ahn
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Abstract
Background/Objective: With increasing cases of osteoporosis in children and adolescents, the need for timely diagnosis, management, and follow-up has become important. This study aimed to determine whether bone turnover markers (BTMs), particularly serum bone-specific alkaline phosphatase (BsALP) and serum C-telopeptide of collagen type 1 (CTx), accurately reflect BMD. Methods: In this retrospective study, 280 post-puberty males and females who were previously diagnosed with hemato-oncologic, rheumatic, gastrointestinal, and endocrinologic diseases at a single tertiary care center were reviewed. The association between the lumbar spine bone mineral density (LSBMD) Z-scores and BTMs, such as BsALP and CTx, were assessed. The LSBMD was measured in the anterior-posterior direction using DXA, and BTMs were determined using the blood samples obtained. Results: Of the 280 patients, 95 were male (33.9%), and the mean age was 15.4 ± 2.07 years. With multivariate regression analysis, LSBMD Z-scores and BsALP showed a negative correlation with p < 0.007, while CTx was not statistically significant. The logistic regression models showed that after adjusting for underlying diseases and sex, as BsALP increased, the probability of LSBMD Z-score being ≤-2 increased with an odds ratio of 1.043 (p = 0.048). When comparing BTMs with vertebral fracture while adjusting for underlying diseases and sex, as BsALP increased, the probability of vertebral fracture increased with an odds ratio of 1.035 (p = 0.005). Conclusions: The positive correlation between BsALP and LSBMD Z-scores being ≤-2, as well as with vertebral fracture after adjusting for underlying diseases and sex, suggests the possible application of BsALP as a predictor of bone health in patients.
DiagnosticsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology-Clinical Biochemistry
CiteScore
4.70
自引率
8.30%
发文量
2699
审稿时长
19.64 days
期刊介绍:
Diagnostics (ISSN 2075-4418) is an international scholarly open access journal on medical diagnostics. It publishes original research articles, reviews, communications and short notes on the research and development of medical diagnostics. There is no restriction on the length of the papers. Our aim is to encourage scientists to publish their experimental and theoretical research in as much detail as possible. Full experimental and/or methodological details must be provided for research articles.