title: Serum levels of intact parathyroid hormone in elderly patients with hip fracture living at home.
abstract: The serum levels of intact parathyroid hormone and cholecalciferol metabolites have been measured in patients with hip fracture above 70 years of age admitted to hospital from home-living conditions and compared with serum levels in age- and sex-matched home-living control subjects. It was found that patients with hip fracture had significantly lower levels of calcidiol (29.7 +/- 15.9 vs 46.0 +/- 27.8 nmol/l) and calcitriol (63.6 +/- 25.0 vs 91.1 +/- 39.5 pmol/l) with no difference in serum levels of intact parathyroid hormone (4.7 +/- 2.1 vs 5.3 +/- 3.3 pmol/l). The data suggest that secondary hyperparathyroidism is not an important risk factor in our population of patients with hip fracture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Aker University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Falch
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mowé
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bøhmer
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Haug
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002112:Calcifediol / Q000097:blood; D002117:Calcitriol / Q000097:blood; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood; D002762:Cholecalciferol / Q000378:metabolism; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D002762:Cholecalciferol; D002117:Calcitriol; D002112:Calcifediol; D002118:Calcium