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ArticleCalcified tissue international2021

Lower Leg Arterial Calcifications Assessed by High-Resolution Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography in Hypoparathyroid and Pseudohypoparathyroid Patients.

Catharina Vind Nielsen, Line Underbjerg, Diana Grove-Laugesen, Tanja Sikjaer, Lars Rejnmark

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Article in Calcified tissue international, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Catharina Vind NielsenDepartment of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark. ca-vi-ni@hotmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5497-8934
Line UnderbjergDepartment of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
Diana Grove-LaugesenDepartment of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
Tanja SikjaerDepartment of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
Lars RejnmarkDepartment of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
Aarhus University Hospital · DK

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Abstract

Hypoparathyroidism (HypoPT) and pseudohypoparathyroidism (PHP) are diseases with abnormal calcium and phosphate homeostasis and low and high PTH levels, respectively. It has been hypothesized that this could dispose to vascular calcifications and thereby perhaps also cardiovascular morbidity. The aim of this study was to assess lower leg arterial calcifications (LLAC) in patients with HypoPT or PHP. Using a cross-sectional design, we measured the LLAC using a high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography (HR-pQCT) scanner in 72 patients with HypoPT and 25 patients with PHP and compared them with findings in 61 controls. LLAC were found in only two (3%) of the controls. Compared to the controls, LLAC were significantly more prevalent in patients with HypoPT (N = 12, [17%], p < 0.01) and PHP (N = 4, [16%], p < 0.04). Compared to the patients without calcifications, patients with calcifications had higher plasma calcium levels and a lower eGFR, as well as they were older and more often males. Plasma phosphate levels and the calcium-phosphate product were not associated with LLAC. In conclusion, we found that HypoPT and PHP are associated with an increased prevalence of vascular calcifications.

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HypoparathyroidismPseudohypoparathyroidismVascular CalcificationCalciumCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansLegMaleParathyroid HormoneTomography, X-Ray ComputedCalciumParathyroid HormoneHR-pQCTHypoparathyroidismPseudohypoparathyroidismVascular calcifications

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