Lower Trabecular Bone Score in Patients With Primary Aldosteronism: Human Skeletal Deterioration by Aldosterone Excess
Author(s) -
BeomJun Kim,
Mi Kyung Kwak,
Seong Hee Ahn,
Hyeonmok Kim,
Seung Hun Lee,
JungMin Koh
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2017-02043
Subject(s) - medicine , primary aldosteronism , trabecular bone score , aldosterone , bone mineral , quartile , confounding , lumbar , endocrinology , urology , bone remodeling , osteoporosis , surgery , quantitative computed tomography , confidence interval
Despite the potential detrimental effects of aldosterone excess on bone metabolism, discrepancies exist between fracture risk and bone mass in patients with and without primary aldosteronism (PA).
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