Abstract
Introduction
As the population ages, the incidence of osteoporosis among patients suffering from Parkinson's disease (PD) will surge continually, and the ensuing disability from falls is becoming a serious social burden. Due to its antioxidant properties, much literature has indicated the possible ability of serum uric acid (UA) to prevent ageing-related diseases caused by oxidative stress, including osteoporosis and PD. Therefore, this study was for exploring the connection of serum UA levels with bone mineral density (BMD) and the osteoporosis presence in Chinese PD patients.
Materials and methods
A cross-sectional design was used to statistically analyze 42 clinical parameters obtained from 135 patients with PD treated in Wuhan Tongji Hospital during 2020–2022. Multiple stepwise linear regression and multiple logistic regression analyses were constructed for identifying the association of serum UA levels with BMD as well as osteoporosis in PD patients, respectively. With receiver operative characteristic (ROC) curves, the optimal cutoff value was acquired for serum UA in the diagnosis of osteoporosis.
Results
According to the regression analysis adjusted for confounders, serum UA levels in PD patients had positive correlation with BMD at each site and negative correlation with the presence of osteoporosis (P < 0.05 for all). ROC curves determined that the optimal cutoff value for UA to perform well in diagnosing osteoporosis in PD patients was 284.27 μmol/L (P < 0.001).
Conclusion
Relatively higher serum UA levels in the physiological range can work as a biomarker of higher BMD, and were strongly linked to lower prevalence of osteoporosis in Chinese PD patients.
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Data availability
The data that support the findings of this study are available on request from the corresponding author. The data are not publicly available due to privacy or ethical restrictions.
Abbreviations
- PD:
-
Parkinson’s disease
- BMI:
-
Body mass index
- BMD:
-
Bone mineral density
- ROS:
-
Reactive oxygen species
- UA:
-
Uric acid
- CKD:
-
Chronic kidney disease
- CKD–EPI:
-
CKD–Epidemiology
- T2DM:
-
Type 2 diabetes mellitus
- NHANES:
-
National health and nutrition examination survey
- UK-PDSBB:
-
United Kingdom Parkinson’s disease society brain bank
- Ca:
-
Calcium
- UPDRS:
-
Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale
- H&Y stage:
-
Hoehn and Yahr stage
- ALP:
-
Alkaline phosphatase
- P:
-
Phosphorus
- BTMs:
-
Bone turnover markers
- TH:
-
Total hip
- FN:
-
Femoral neck
- LS:
-
Lumbar spine
- ALB:
-
Albumin
- GLB:
-
Globulin
- DBIL:
-
Direct bilirubin
- IBIL:
-
Indirect bilirubin
- Cr:
-
Creatinine
- LDH:
-
Lactate dehydrogenase
- BUN:
-
Blood urea nitrogen
- eGFR:
-
Estimated glomerular filtration rate
- NLR:
-
Neutrophil count/lymphocyte count
- MLR:
-
Monocyte count/lymphocyte count
- PLR:
-
Platelet count/lymphocyte count
- AGR:
-
ALB/GLB
- PINP:
-
Procollagen type I N-terminal pro-peptide
- OC:
-
Osteocalcin
- PTH:
-
Parathyroid hormone
- β-CTX:
-
β-C-terminal telopeptide of type I collagen
- 25(OH)VitD:
-
25-Hydroxyvitamin D
- DXA:
-
Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry
- SD:
-
Standard deviation
- WHO:
-
World health organization
- OR:
-
Odds ratio
- CI:
-
Confidence intervals
- ROC:
-
Receiver operative characteristic
- AUC:
-
Area under curve
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We would like to express our sincere gratitude to Zhen'ai Liang, who is studying in the Faculty of Humanities and Science of Wuhan University, for your care and encouragement during the drafting of this article.
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This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (grant number 2020YFF0304703).
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PL designed the current study and amended the paper. CM were the major writer of the paper, tested the entire index for all samples, and was responsible for the statistical analysis. RY created all the charts and provided suggestions for important intellectual content. CM, RY, JL, XW, JG, and EX performed the literature search and data collection. PL supervised the study and all authors discussed the results. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
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Ma, C., Yu, R., Li, J. et al. Association of serum uric acid levels with bone mineral density and the presence of osteoporosis in Chinese patients with Parkinson’s disease: a cross-sectional study. J Bone Miner Metab 41, 714–726 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00774-023-01446-7
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