title: Metacarpal cortical thickness in uremic patients on regular hemodialysis.
abstract: Metacarpal cortical thickness was measured in 83 patients with chronic renal failure undergoing periodic hemodialysis. Patients were dialyzed twice weekly, 8--9h per session, with a calcium concentration in dialysate of 6.5 mg/dl. Supplements of calcium, vitamin D (5,000 I.U. a day), steroid anabolic hormones, and aluminium hydroxyde were administered to all patients. They were on a normal protein intake and unrestricted physical activity. The results show that the young males have a reduction in cortical thickness as compared to age-matched controls, and that there is a progressive loss in cortical width as the length of dialysis increases. This bone loss is statistically significant in males during their first 18 months of dialysis.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D012080:Chronic Kidney Disease-Mineral and Bone Disorder / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008663:Metacarpus / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D013997:Time Factors; D014511:Uremia / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy