Context: Radius quantitative ultrasound measurement, that utilized a portable low-frequency (VLF) axial transmission ultrasound for assessing the properties of radius cortical bone in a non PHPT population revealed a possible role as a screening tool prior to DXA to evaluate fragility fracture. Objective: To evaluate this portable ultrasound device as a screening tool of skeletal fragility in PHPT patients. Methods: We enrolled 117 postmenopausal women with PHPT. Every subject had a DXA of femur, lumbar spine, non-dominant distal 1/3 radius, TBS measurement, VLF with a portable device and spine x- ray. Results: The mean age of the patients was 68 ± 10 years. The measurement of agreement between radius DXA and VLF was: K = 0.43, p < 0.001. A lower radius US T-score, also adjusted for years since menopause and BMI, was associated with osteoporosis identified with DXA at lumbar and/or femoral neck sites: OR = 1.852 (CI 1.08, 3.18). All fractures were associated with femoral neck T-score: OR = 1.89 (95% CI 1.24, 2.89), as well as with total hip T-score: OR = 1.65 (95% CI 1.09, 2.50), and years since menopause: OR = 1.25 (95% CI 1.02, 1.54).Morphometric vertebral fractures were associated with years since menopause: OR = 1.28 (95% CI 1.02,1.61), femoral neck T-score OR = 1.96 (95% CI 1.227, 3.135), total hip T-score OR = 1.64 (95% CI 1.04, 2.60), TBS OR = 0.779 (95% CI 0.60-0.99), both ultra-distal radius T-score: OR = 1.50 (95% CI 1.05, 2.156), and radius US T-score: OR = 1.67 (95% CI 1.09, 2.56). Conclusions: VLF could be used for screening purposes prior to DXA to evaluate PHPT fracture risk, only in conditions in which DXA measurement cannot be performed.

Association between radius axial low-frequency ultrasound velocity and bone fragility in primary hyperparathyroidism / Pepe, Jessica; Colangelo, Luciano; Diacinti, Daniele; Angelozzi, Maurizio; Melone, Velia; Pasqualetti, Patrizio; Occhiuto, Marco; Santori, Rachele; Minisola, Salvatore; Cipriani, Cristiana. - In: THE JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM. - ISSN 0021-972X. - (2024), pp. 1-6. [10.1210/clinem/dgae695]

Association between radius axial low-frequency ultrasound velocity and bone fragility in primary hyperparathyroidism

Pepe, Jessica
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Colangelo, Luciano;Diacinti, Daniele;Angelozzi, Maurizio;Melone, Velia;Pasqualetti, Patrizio;Occhiuto, Marco;Santori, Rachele;Minisola, Salvatore;Cipriani, Cristiana
2024

Abstract

Context: Radius quantitative ultrasound measurement, that utilized a portable low-frequency (VLF) axial transmission ultrasound for assessing the properties of radius cortical bone in a non PHPT population revealed a possible role as a screening tool prior to DXA to evaluate fragility fracture. Objective: To evaluate this portable ultrasound device as a screening tool of skeletal fragility in PHPT patients. Methods: We enrolled 117 postmenopausal women with PHPT. Every subject had a DXA of femur, lumbar spine, non-dominant distal 1/3 radius, TBS measurement, VLF with a portable device and spine x- ray. Results: The mean age of the patients was 68 ± 10 years. The measurement of agreement between radius DXA and VLF was: K = 0.43, p < 0.001. A lower radius US T-score, also adjusted for years since menopause and BMI, was associated with osteoporosis identified with DXA at lumbar and/or femoral neck sites: OR = 1.852 (CI 1.08, 3.18). All fractures were associated with femoral neck T-score: OR = 1.89 (95% CI 1.24, 2.89), as well as with total hip T-score: OR = 1.65 (95% CI 1.09, 2.50), and years since menopause: OR = 1.25 (95% CI 1.02, 1.54).Morphometric vertebral fractures were associated with years since menopause: OR = 1.28 (95% CI 1.02,1.61), femoral neck T-score OR = 1.96 (95% CI 1.227, 3.135), total hip T-score OR = 1.64 (95% CI 1.04, 2.60), TBS OR = 0.779 (95% CI 0.60-0.99), both ultra-distal radius T-score: OR = 1.50 (95% CI 1.05, 2.156), and radius US T-score: OR = 1.67 (95% CI 1.09, 2.56). Conclusions: VLF could be used for screening purposes prior to DXA to evaluate PHPT fracture risk, only in conditions in which DXA measurement cannot be performed.
2024
bone ultrasound; cortical bone; osteoporosis; primary hyperparathyroidism
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Association between radius axial low-frequency ultrasound velocity and bone fragility in primary hyperparathyroidism / Pepe, Jessica; Colangelo, Luciano; Diacinti, Daniele; Angelozzi, Maurizio; Melone, Velia; Pasqualetti, Patrizio; Occhiuto, Marco; Santori, Rachele; Minisola, Salvatore; Cipriani, Cristiana. - In: THE JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM. - ISSN 0021-972X. - (2024), pp. 1-6. [10.1210/clinem/dgae695]
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