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Bone Resorption in Stroke and Institutionalized Subjects

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Stroke increases the risk of hip fracture on the affected side. Although bone is lost by 1 year, rapidity of onset and relationship with immobility are uncertain. Using the bone resorption marker urinary cross-linked N telopeptide of type I collagen (uNTx), we examined bone resorption in the first 4 weeks after stroke, relating uNTx with bone density and mobility in subjects over 60 years. Two separate control groups acted as comparators, healthy (HC) and institutionalized (IC) controls, the latter to control for the effects of institutionalization. uNTx, urinary calcium (both related to creatinine and log-transformed), heel bone mineral density (BMD), Tinetti scores, and Barthel scores for prestroke function were measured. Log uNTx/Cr was lower in males compared with females, but this difference was not evident in stroke or IC subjects. Log uNTx/Cr was inversely related with BMD in females from both control groups and in male stroke subjects. Tinetti scores were divided into tertiles and were lower in stroke than IC subjects (P < 0.01). Log uNTx/Cr was similar in stroke and IC subjects in the lowest Tinetti tertile. Log uNTx/Cr was higher in stroke subjects of both sexes in the lowest tertile compared with the higher two tertiles combined (P < 0.05) and higher in all tertiles compared with HC subjects (P < 0.05). Subjects with a prestroke Barthel index of ≤17 had higher log uNTx/Cr compared with HCs. Log uCa/Cr was higher only in male stroke patients. Bone resorption in stroke starts early, and measures to reduce this are merited.

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    Michael J. Haddaway, Natalie J. Bainbridge, Diane E. Powell & Michael W. J. Davie

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Haddaway, M.J., Bainbridge, N.J., Powell, D.E. et al. Bone Resorption in Stroke and Institutionalized Subjects. Calcif Tissue Int 84, 118–125 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00223-008-9203-9

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