Bone alterations in children with idiopathic hypercalciuria at the time of diagnosis
Autor: | Eleonora Moreira Lima, Maria-Goretti Moreira Guimarães Penido, Anderson França, Viviane Santuari Parizotto Marino, Marcelo Ferraz de Oliveira Souto, Ana-Luiza Fialho Tupinambá |
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Rok vydání: | 2002 |
Předmět: |
musculoskeletal diseases
Male medicine.medical_specialty Bone disease Bone density Adolescent Osteoporosis Bone resorption Bone remodeling N-terminal telopeptide Bone Density Internal medicine Calcium Metabolism Disorders Medicine Humans Femur Child Bone mineral Lumbar Vertebrae business.industry musculoskeletal system medicine.disease Alkaline Phosphatase Uric Acid Osteopenia Endocrinology Nephrology Parathyroid Hormone Child Preschool Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Calcium Female Urinary Calculi business |
Zdroj: | Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany). 18(2) |
ISSN: | 0931-041X |
Popis: | Some children with idiopathic hypercalciuria (IH) develop bone alterations at some stage of the disease. The aims of this study were to evaluate bone mass in 88 children with IH (G1) at the time of diagnosis and to compare the findings with data for a control group of 29 normal children (G2). Kidney and bone metabolism markers were measured in both groups, and bone densitometry was performed. Serum alkaline phosphatase, intact parathyroid hormone, urinary calcium and uric acid were significantly higher in G1, whereas urinary volume and urinary citrate excretion were lower. The following densitometric parameters were significantly lower in G1: (1) lumbar spine (L(2)-L(4)) bone mineral density (BMD), bone mineral content (BMC), BMC corrected for height and for width of the vertebra, volumetric BMD (BMDvol), and Z score; (2) whole-body BMD; (3) femoral neck BMD. Lumbar spine BMDvol was reduced (osteopenia) in 35% of the patients compared with G2. N telopeptide, a urinary marker of bone resorption, was significantly higher in G1 than in G2, and was negatively correlated with lumbar spine BMD and BMDvol. Children with urinary lithiasis or idiopathic hyperuricosuria associated with IH showed no significant differences in bone metabolism compared with children without these associations. We conclude that (1) there is an altered bone metabolism in IH, with osteopenia already present at diagnosis in 35% of the patients; (2) N telopeptide is one of the most useful markers of bone alterations in IH, especially at an early stage of the disease; (3) investigation of bone metabolism is necessary in IH to prevent future serious consequences such as osteoporosis and bone fractures. |
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