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This study was carried out to evaluate the clinical validity and usefulness of serum tartrate-resistant fluoride-sensitive acid phosphatase (TrFsACP) activity using 2,6-dichloro-4-acetylphenyl phosphate as substrate at pH 6.2 in metabolic bone diseases. The mean Z-scores of TrFsACP activity in patients on hemodialysis were higher than in healthy subjects (male: 2.04 ± 1.98, n = 49, P < .05; female: 1.49 ± 2.43, n = 39, P < .05) and increased with duration of hemodialysis (r = .516, P < .01). Bone alkaline phosphatase also was found to be significantly higher in hemodialysis patients (male: 0.93 ± 1.49, P < .05; female: 1.66 ± 2.42, P < .05) compared with normal subjects; but had lower correlation with duration of hemodialysis than TrFsACP (r = .277, P < .05). Ulcerative colitis (1.37 ± 2.21, n = 15) in males showed a significantly higher Z-score of TrFsACP compared with control subjects (P < .05). The relationship of TrFsACP activity and ultrasound findings (stiffness; speed of sound [SOS]; broadband ultra sound attenuation [BUA]) in healthy women aged 30–75 years (n = 95) were inversely and significantly correlated with stiffness (r = −.465, P < .01), SOS (r = −.484, P < .01), and BUA (r = −.366, P < .01), but were age dependent. TrFsACP activity significantly correlated with stiffness (r = −.521, P < .05) and SOS (r = −.527, P < .05) only in the age group of 46–55 years. BUA (r = −.313, P > .05) did not correlate significantly in any subject in the present study. We conclude that serum TrFsACP activity is useful in the diagnosis and monitoring of bone turnover.
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Received: Sept. 2, 1998 / Accepted: Nov. 16, 1998
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Nakanish1, M., Yoh, K., Uchida, K. et al. Clinical usefulness of serum tartrate-resistant fluoride-sensitive acid phosphatase activity in evaluating bone turnover. J Bone Miner Metab 17, 125–130 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s007740050075
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s007740050075