scholarly journals Prolonged treatment with vitamin D in postmenopausal women with primary hyperparathyroidism

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ranganathan R Rao ◽  
Harpal S Randeva ◽  
Sailesh Sankaranarayanan ◽  
Murthy Narashima ◽  
Matthias Möhlig ◽  
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Introduction/backgroundVitamin D deficiency further increases circulating parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT), with potential detrimental effects on bone mass.MethodsThis was an observational clinical study in consecutive conservatively treated postmenopausal women (n=40) with pHPT and coexistent 25-hydroxyvitamin D deficiency (25OHD ≤50 nmol/l (≤20 ng/ml)). Patients who showed an increase in serum 25OHD above the threshold of vitamin D deficiency (>50 nmol/l; n=28) using treatment with various commonly prescribed vitamin D preparations were, for the purposes of statistical analyses, allocated to the treatment group. Patients who were retrospectively identified as having received no treatment with vitamin D and/or remained vitamin D deficient were considered as non-responders/controls (n=12). Adjusted calcium (adjCa), PTH and 25OHD concentrations were monitored in all subjects up to 54 months (mean observation period of 18±2 months).ResultsProlonged increased vitamin D intake, regardless of the source (serum 25OHD, increase from 32.2±1.7 nmol/l at baseline to 136.4±11.6 nmol/l, P<0.0001), significantly reduced serum PTH (13.3±1.1 vs 10.5±1.0 pmol/l, P=0.0001), with no adverse effects on adjCa levels (2.60±0.03 vs 2.60±0.02 mmol/l, P=0.77) and renal function tests (P>0.73). In contrast, serum PTH remained unchanged (15.8±2.6 vs 16.3±1.9 pmol/l, P=0.64) in patients who remained vitamin D deficient, with a significant difference between groups in changes of PTH (P=0.0003). Intrapartial correlation analyses showed an independent negative correlation of changes in 25OHD with PTH levels (ric=−0.41, P=0.014).ConclusionsProlonged treatment with vitamin D in various commonly prescribed preparations appeared to be safe and significantly reduced PTH levels by 21%.

2020 ◽  
pp. 145749692096260
Author(s):  
M. A. Salman ◽  
A. Rabiee ◽  
A. Salman ◽  
A. Youssef ◽  
H. E.-D. Shaaban ◽  
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Background: We postulated that the preoperative correction of vitamin D levels can significantly reduce the incidence of hunger bone syndrome among patients undergoing parathyroidectomy for primary hyperparathyroidism. Methods: We performed a prospective, randomized, open-label study on 102 patients with primary hyperparathyroidism and coexisting vitamin D deficiency who were scheduled to undergo parathyroidectomy. Patients were divided into the following two groups: group I which included 52 patients who did not receive preoperative vitamin D supplementation; and group II which included 50 patients who received cholecalciferol 1000–2000 IU daily or 50000 IU weekly until they achieve vitamin D levels >20 ng/mL (group IIa = 25 patients) or vitamin D levels >30 ng/mL (group IIb = 25 patients). Results: The incidence of hunger bone syndrome in group IIb was lower than group I and group IIa (8% versus 16% versus 23%, respectively); however, this difference did not reach the level of statistical significance (p = 0.22). Patients with hunger bone syndrome were significantly younger and had higher serum phosphorus, alkaline phosphatase, magnesium, and bone mineral density at baseline than patients without hunger bone syndrome. On the other hand, patients with hunger bone syndrome had significantly lower 25-hydroxyvitamin D at baseline than patients without hunger bone syndrome (p = 0.001). The ROC curve showed that the baseline level of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D was not an independent discriminator of hunger bone syndrome (area under curve = 0.21 (95% CI: 0.06–0.34); p = 0.011). Conclusion: Preoperative course of vitamin D supplements has no preventive role on the postoperative incidence of hunger bone syndrome among patients with primary hyperparathyroidism and coexisting vitamin D deficiency undergoing parathyroidectomy.


2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 260-265
Author(s):  
Yanhong Li ◽  
Yan Li ◽  
Xian Zhang ◽  
Lin Zhao ◽  
Liqin Chen ◽  
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Objectives: To determine the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in 6- to 23-month-old children from 4 different ethnic groups, Han, Lisu, Hani, and Bai, in Yunnan Province of China. Methods: A large cohort of 938 young children aged 6 to 23 months who were living in Yunnan, China (23°28′-27°52′ N), were selected and recruited in this study. Venous-blood sampling was conducted in all the participants, and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] levels were measured. The children’s physical status was measured. Results: General mean serum 25(OH)D level was 21.46 ± 7.95 ng/mL, which was obtained from a total of 938 cases. No significant difference was found in age, gender, height, and weight of participants from different ethnic groups. The mean 25(OH)D level was significantly lower in children of Lisu ethnic groups compared with that of Han and Hani participants, respectively ( P < .05). In addition, Bai children had lower 25(OH)D content than Hani children ( P < .001). Among the children with 25(OH)D sufficiency, the number of Lisu participants was significantly lower than Han children ( P < .001). Conclusion: The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency varied among the ethnically different children in Yunnan, China, and significantly fewer Lisu children maintained vitamin D sufficiency compared with other ethnic children. Recognizing these ethnic differences in treating children with vitamin D deficiency may improve the therapeutic outcome.


1987 ◽  
Vol 73 (6) ◽  
pp. 659-664 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. R. Clements ◽  
M. Davies ◽  
D. R. Fraser ◽  
G. A. Lumb ◽  
E. Barbara Mawer ◽  
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1. The elimination half-time of 25-hydroxyvitamin D in plasma was estimated after intravenous injection of the radioactively labelled metabolite in seven patients with primary hyperparathyroidism before and after excision of a parathyroid adenoma. 2. The elimination half-time of 25-hydroxyvitamin D was significantly shortened in primary hyperparathyroidism and reverted towards normal after parathyroidectomy. 3. The increased metabolic clearance of 25-hydroxyvitamin D in primary hyperparathyroidism was accounted for by an increased excretion of vitamin D-derived inactivation products in the faeces. 4. Enhanced hepatic inactivation of 25-hydroxyvitamin D may be important in the development of vitamin D deficiency in primary hyperparathyroidism.


2005 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 395-400 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Claude Souberbielle ◽  
Véronique Fayol ◽  
Corinne Sault ◽  
Ethel Lawson-Body ◽  
André Kahan ◽  
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Abstract Background: The recent development of nonradioactive automated assays for serum parathyroid hormone (PTH) and 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) has made measurement of these two hormones possible in many laboratories. In this study, we compared two new assays for PTH and 25OHD adapted on an automated analyzer, the LIAISON®, with two manual immunoassays used worldwide. Methods: We studied 228 osteoporotic patients, 927 healthy individuals, 38 patients with primary hyperparathyroidism, and 167 hemodialyzed patients. Serum PTH was measured with the Allegro® and the LIAISON assays, and 25OHD was measured with DiaSorin RIA and the LIAISON assay. Regression analysis was used to calculate decision thresholds for the LIAISON assays that were equivalent to those of the Allegro PTH and DiaSorin 25OHD assays. Results: The 25OHD concentrations obtained with the LIAISON assay and the RIA in osteoporotic patients were well correlated (r = 0.83; P &lt;0.001). Regression and Bland–Altman analyses suggested that the LIAISON 25OHD assay reads lower than the DiaSorin RIA at low concentrations but higher at high concentrations. However, the cutoff (50 nmol/L) used in our laboratories to define vitamin D insufficiency with the DiaSorin RIA is applicable to the LIAISON 25OHD assay. In 927 healthy individuals, the 3rd–97th percentile intervals were 3–80 ng/L and 13–151 nmol/L for the LIAISON PTH and 25OHD concentrations, respectively. However, 506 individuals (54.6%) were vitamin D-insufficient; we therefore considered only the 421 individuals with a LIAISON 25OHD &gt;50 nmol/L as eligible for the reference population for the LIAISON PTH assay. In this group, the 3rd–97th percentile interval for LIAISON PTH was 3–51 ng/L. Considering upper reference limits of 46 and 51 ng/L for the Allegro and LIAISON assays, respectively, the frequency of above-normal PTH concentrations in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism was similar in both assays. Regression analysis between serum PTH measured by the Allegro and LIAISON assays in 167 hemodialyzed patients and the corresponding Bland–Altman analysis of these data suggest that the LIAISON PTH assay tends to read higher than the Allegro assay at low concentrations but lower at high concentrations (&gt;300 ng/L). Conclusions: Because clinical decision limits for both PTH and 25OHD should be assay specific, we propose equivalences between these assays and two manual assays used worldwide. These assay-specific decision limits should help potential users of the LIAISON PTH and 25OHD assays.


2006 ◽  
Vol 24 (18_suppl) ◽  
pp. 554-554 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Lonning ◽  
J. Geisler ◽  
L. E. Krag ◽  
E. Løkkevik ◽  
T. Risberg ◽  
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554 Background: To evaluate potential detrimental effects of the aromatase inactivator exemestane on bone, 147 postmenopausal women with early breast cancer were randomised to receive either exemestane for 2 years or placebo (J. Clin. Oncol. 23 [22], 5126–5137, 2005). Exemestane increased the annual bone loss from the femoral neck (2.72%) compared to placebo (1.48%; P = 0.024) with a non-significant increase in the lumbar spine (exemestane 2.17% versus placebo 1.84%). The annual bone loss was higher than expected in the placebo arm. Methods: Various biomarkers involved in bone metabolism (25-hydroxyvitamin D, parathormone, calcium, estrogens, androgens) were analysed to elucidate their influence on bone status at baseline and BMD loss during treatment with exemestane compared to placebo. Results: Using a cut-off value of 30 ng/ml for 25-hydroxyvitamin D (J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 90 [6], 3800–3801, 2005), the majority of study participants suffered from vitamin D deficiency (56 of 62 patients in the placebo group and 52 of 59 in the exemestane group). The mean levels (95% confidence interval) of vitamin D were 22.6 ng/ml (21.2 - 24.1) in the placebo group and 21.6 ng/ml (20.0 - 23.3) in the treatment group, revealing no differences between these groups. Low serum calcium levels at baseline were found to be significantly correlated to low BMD in the femoral neck in the exemestane group. However, individual levels of vitamin D, parathormone and estradiol at baseline were not correlated significantly to BMD. Conclusions: Considering an annual bone loss of 0.5% to be representative for postmenopausal women (Osteoporos. Int. 15, 881–886, 2004), our data indicate that vitamin D deficiency could be the most important factor elevating bone loss among patients treated with exemestane as well as in the placebo group. These findings, together with the observation of a moderate additional effect of exemestane on bone loss, underlines the need for proper vitamin D substitution of postmenopausal women in general and in breast cancer patients during treatment with aromatase inhibitors in particular. [Table: see text]


2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 340-347
Author(s):  
Yuge Wang ◽  
Yanqiang Wang ◽  
Bingjun Zhang ◽  
Yinyao Lin ◽  
Sha Tan ◽  
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Background and Objective: Vitamin D deficiency is internationally recognized among the potentially modifiable risk factors for ischemic cardio-cerebrovascular diseases. However, the association between vitamin D deficiency and stroke morbidity or mortality remains insufficiently known. Our aim is to investigate their relevance to 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH) D] levels and clinical severity and outcome after 3 months in first-ever ischemic stroke. Methods: Retrospective analysis of 356 consecutive patients in first-ever ischemic stroke between 2013 and 2015. Serum 25(OH) D levels were measured at baseline. Stroke severity was assessed at admission using the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score. Functional outcome after 3 months of onset was evaluated using the modified Rankin scale (mRS). Results: Among the 356 enrolled patients, HbA1c was higher in insufficiency/deficiency group than that in the sufficiency group (6.3 ± 1.7 vs. 5.9 ± 1.1, p =0.015). The hospital stay was longer in insufficiency/deficiency group than that in the sufficiency group (11 (8-17) vs. 9.5 (7-13), p = 0.035). There was a significant inversed trend between serum 25(OH) D levels and hospital stay (OR 0.960, P = 0.031), using logistic regression. Conclusions: 25(OH)D levels are associated with glucose homeostasis, 25(OH) D contributes to increase the length of hospital stay. Low serum 25-OHD level is an independent predictor for hospital stay in first-ever ischemic stroke. Vitamin D deficiency did not predict functional outcome in the span of 3 months.


2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Xiao ◽  
Jingyi Lv ◽  
Shiyu Wang ◽  
Yang Zhou ◽  
Lunwen Chen ◽  
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Abstract Background Vitamin D deficiency has been associated with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and metabolic syndrome (MS) and its components. However, it is unclear whether a low concentration of vitamin D is the cause or consequence of these health conditions. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the association of vitamin D concentrations and its genetic risk scores (GRSs) with MS and its component diseases, such as T2D, in middle-aged and elderly participants from rural eastern China. Methods A subset of 2393 middle-aged and elderly individuals were selected from 70,458 participants of the Nantong Chronic Diseases Study of 2017–2018 in China. We used two 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) synthesis single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) (DHCR7-rs12785878 and CYP2R1-rs10741657) and two 25(OH) D metabolism SNPs (GC-rs2282679 and CYP24A1-rs6013897) for creating GRSs, which were used as instrumental variables to assess the effect of genetically lowered 25(OH) D concentrations on MS and T2D based on the Wald ratio. F statistics were used to validate that the four SNPs genetically determined 25(OH) D concentrations. Results Compared to vitamin D sufficient individuals, individuals with vitamin D insufficiency had an odds ratio (OR [95% confidence interval {CI}]) of MS of 1.30 (1.06–1.61) and of T2D of 1.32 (1.08–1.64), individuals with vitamin D deficiency had an ORs (95% CI) of MS of 1.50 (1.24–1.79) and of T2D of 1.47 (1.12–1.80), and those with vitamin D severe deficiency had an ORs (95% CI) of MS of 1.52 (1.29–1.85) and of T2D of 1.54 (1.27–1.85). Mendelian randomization analysis showed a 25-nmol/L decrease in genetically instrumented serum 25(OH) D concentrations using the two synthesis SNPs (DHCR7 and CYP2R1 genes) associated with the risk of T2D and abnormal diastolic blood pressure (DBP) with ORs of 1.10 (95%CI: 1.02–1.45) for T2D and 1.14 (95%CI: 1.03–1.43) for DBP. Conclusions This one sample Mendelian randomization analysis shows genetic evidence for a causal role of lower 25(OH) D concentrations in promoting of T2D and abnormal DBP in middle-aged and elderly participants from rural China.


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