International Biological and Biomedical Journal
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Correlation between Thyroid Function and Bone Mineral Density in Elderly People
Clinical Medicine
Clinical Medicine
Original Article
Original Article
<p style="text-align: justify;">Investigations regarding the relationship between bone mineral density (BMD) and thyroid function tests even in the normal range are limited. Therefore, the present study was conducted to investigate the relationship between BMD with thyroid function tests in elderly people. This study is a part of a prospective study about health status of the elderly people in Amirkola city (AHAP) which is ongoing from 2011. A total of 1178 people (655 men (55.6%) and 523 women (44.4%)) were enrolled in this study and the TSH, T4 and T3 levels were measured by ELISA method. BMD was assessed by Dual X-ray Energy Absorptiometry (DEXA). Our results demonstrated a significant positive correlation between total T3 and TSH levels with femur density in women (r= 0.068, P= 0.019 and r= 0.122, P= 0.005, respectively). There was also a negative correlation between T4 levels and femur density in men (P=0.034, r= -0.083). Obtained results showed a significant direct correlation between normal levels of TSH and femoral density in elderly females but not in normal elderly males. In addition, there was no significant correlation between normal TSH levels and density of lumbar region in both males and females.</p>
Thyroid function, osteoporosis, TSH, elderly people, bone mineral density
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Ali
Mirzapour
10031947532846001847
10031947532846001847
No
Fatemeh
Shahnavazi
10031947532846001848
10031947532846001848
No
Ahmad
Karkhah
ahmadkarkhah@ymail.com
10031947532846001849
10031947532846001849
No
Seyed Reza
Hosseini
hosseinirezaseyed@gmail.com
10031947532846001850
10031947532846001850
Yes
Hajighorban
Noreddini
10031947532846001851
10031947532846001851
No
Ali
Bijani
10031947532846001852
10031947532846001852
No
Department of Radiology