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    Selected Abstracts

    Proton pump inhibitor omeprazole use is associated with low bone mineral density in maintenance haemodialysis patients

    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PRACTICE, Issue 2 2009
    A. Kirkpantur
    Summary Objective:, Limited studies have shown that proton pump inhibitor (PPI) therapy may decrease bone density or insoluble calcium reabsorption through induction of hypochlorhydria. However, PPI therapy may also reduce bone resorption via inhibition of osteoclastic vacuolar proton pumps. The aim of this study was to determine whether the opposing effects of PPI therapy may cause clinically important alterations in bone mineral densitometry (BMD) parameters in maintenance haemodialysis patients. Methods:, Sixty-eight maintenance haemodialysis patients were enrolled in this study. Patients were classified into two groups involving users of PPI therapy (omeprazole 20 mg/day, group 1, n = 36 patients) and non-users of acid suppression drugs (group 2, n = 32 patients). Patients had radius, hip and spine BMD assessed by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. Results:, The mean duration of PPI therapy with omeprazole was 27 ± 5 months. The users of PPI therapy had lower values of bone mineral density and T -scores at the anatomical regions than non-users of acid suppression drugs. Serum calcium and phosphate levels, calcium-phosphate product and serum intact parathormone levels and the ratio of users of vitamin D therapy were similar among groups. A mutivariable adjusted odds ratio for lower bone density associated with more than 18 months of omeprazole, when all the potential confounders were considered, was 1.31 in the proximal radius, 0.982 in the femur neck, 0.939 in the trochanter and 1.192 in the lumbal spine. Conclusion:, The present data suggest that PPI therapy should be cautiously prescribed in maintenance haemodialysis patients, especially with lower BMD values. [source]

    Hepatic osteodystrophy in chronic cholestasis: Evidence for a multifactorial etiology

    PEDIATRIC TRANSPLANTATION, Issue 2 2002
    Gordon L. Klein
    Abstract: Children with cholestatic liver disease have been thought to develop hepatic osteodystrophy resulting from vitamin D and calcium malabsorption, resulting in secondary hyperparathyroidism and osteomalacia or rickets. However, treatment with vitamin D has not always proven successful in improving the bone disturbance. The aim of our study was to determine the role of vitamin D deficiency in the pathogenesis of hepatic osteodystrophy. We studied five patients, three female and two male, ages 0.9,19 yr, with biopsy-proven chronic cholestatic liver disease and previously low serum levels of vitamin D despite oral intake of vitamin D preparations. Patients were admitted to the Clinical Research Center for 8 days for sunlight deprivation and ultraviolet light substitution and for determinations of serum 25-hyroxyvitamin D(25(OH)) D2 and -D3, osteocalcin, and type I collagen telopeptide (ICTP), the last two being markers of bone formation and resorption, respectively. Samples were taken on admission, at discharge, and 1 month later. Results demonstrated low serum levels of osteocalcin and normal circulating levels of ICTP. Admission serum 25(OH)D2 levels were uniformly low or undetectable and remained so. Admission levels of circulating 25(OH)D3 were normal or low and did not rise during ultraviolet light therapy or subsequent resumption of oral vitamin D therapy and remained low 1 month later. These results indicate that in the face of low,normal to low total 25(OH)D levels, the low osteocalcin and normal ICTP levels suggest that decreased bone formation and not increased bone resorption is the main determinant of bone loss in a subset of children with chronic cholestatic liver disease. [source]

    Association of 25-hydroxyvitamin D with prevalent osteoarthritis of the hip in elderly men: The osteoporotic fractures in men study

    ARTHRITIS & RHEUMATISM, Issue 2 2010
    R. K. Chaganti
    Objective To examine the cross-sectional association of serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D, or 25(OH)D, with prevalent radiographic hip osteoarthritis (OA) in elderly men. Methods In a cohort of 1,104 elderly men from the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Study, 25(OH)D serum levels were determined by mass spectrometry, followed by pelvic radiographs ,4.6 years later. Categories of vitamin D levels were defined as follows: deficiency as ,15 ng/ml, insufficiency as 15.1,30 ng/ml, and sufficiency as >30 ng/ml. Radiographs were assessed for severity of hip OA using a summary grade of 0,4 for individual features of hip OA. Logistic regression was used to assess associations of serum 25(OH)D levels with prevalent radiographic hip OA; covariates included age, clinic site, season at the time of blood withdrawal, self-reported hip pain for >30 days, timed 6-meter walk, presence of at least 1 coexisting condition, and self-rated health status. Results Men with radiographic hip OA had a slower 6-meter walking time (P < 0.0001), reported more hip pain (P = 0.0001), had a lower vitamin D level (P = 0.0002), and had a higher prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency (P = 0.002) and vitamin D deficiency (P = 0.012) compared with controls. Higher 25(OH)D levels were associated with a lower prevalence of radiographic hip OA (odds ratio [OR] 1.39 per 1 SD decrease in 25[OH]D, 95% confidence interval [95% CI] 1.11,1.74) after adjusting for age, season, and clinic site. Men with vitamin D insufficiency had an increased likelihood of prevalent radiographic hip OA (OR 2.19, 95% CI 1.21,3.97) compared with men with sufficient levels of 25(OH)D, and in men with vitamin D deficiency, there was a tendency toward an increased likelihood of radiographic hip OA (OR 1.99, 95% CI 0.83,4.74). Conclusion Men with vitamin D deficiencies are twice as likely to have prevalent radiographic hip OA, and therefore vitamin D therapy to augment skeletal health in the elderly is warranted. [source]

    REVIEW ARTICLE: Reducing fracture risk with calcium and vitamin D

    CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY, Issue 3 2010
    Paul Lips
    Summary Studies of vitamin D and calcium for fracture prevention have produced inconsistent results, as a result of different vitamin D status and calcium intake at baseline, different doses and poor to adequate compliance. This study tries to define the types of patients, both at risk of osteoporosis and with established disease, who may benefit from calcium and vitamin D supplementation. The importance of adequate compliance in these individuals is also discussed. Calcium and vitamin D therapy has been recommended for older persons, either frail and institutionalized or independent, with key risk factors including decreased bone mineral density (BMD), osteoporotic fractures, increased bone remodelling as a result of secondary hyperparathyroidism and increased propensity to falls. In addition, treatment of osteoporosis with a bisphosphonate was less effective in patients with vitamin D deficiency. Calcium and vitamin D supplementation is a key component of prevention and treatment of osteoporosis unless calcium intake and vitamin D status are optimal. For primary disease prevention, supplementation should be targeted to those with dietary insufficiencies. Several serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) cut-offs have been proposed to define vitamin D insufficiency (as opposed to adequate vitamin D status), ranging from 30 to 100 nmol/l. Based on the relationship between serum 25(OH)D, BMD, bone turnover, lower extremity function and falls, we suggest that 50 nmol/l is the appropriate serum 25(OH)D threshold to define vitamin D insufficiency. Supplementation should therefore generally aim to increase 25(OH)D levels within the 50,75 nmol/l range. This level can be achieved with a dose of 800 IU/day vitamin D, the dose that was used in succesfull fracture prevention studies to date; a randomized clinical trial assessing whether higher vitamin D doses achieve a greater reduction of fracture incidence would be of considerable interest. As calcium balance is not only affected by vitamin D status but also by calcium intake, recommendations for adequate calcium intake should also be met. The findings of community-based clinical trials with vitamin D and calcium supplementation in which compliance was moderate or less have often been negative, whereas studies in institutionalized patients in whom medication administration was supervised ensuring adequate compliance demonstrated significant benefits. [source]