Effect of hyperthyroidism and its treatment on bone mineral content
Patients with hyperthyroidism may develop osteopenia associated with fractures; however, there has been no general agreement on the incidence of osteopenia in hyperthyroidism or the recovery of the mineral loss after treatment of hyperthyroidism. The authors conducted a longitudinal prospective study on the effect of hyperthyroidism and its treatment on bone mineral content (BMC) using photon absorptiometry. They observed that both young and older hyperthyroid patients showed a significantly decreased baseline BMC compared with age- and sex-matched controls. They also observed a slight recovery of BMC in hyperthyroid patients at the two-year interval after a euthyroid state had been achieved. However, the BMC was still much lower than that of controls, and they did not find any significant restoration of BMC following ''cure'' of hyperthyroidism.
- Research Organization:
- Veterans Administration Medical Center, Providence, RI
- OSTI ID:
- 5243680
- Journal Information:
- Arch. Intern. Med.; (United States), Vol. 5
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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