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ABSTRACT: Objective
This study aimed to investigate the effect of anti-osteoporosis therapy on plasma aldosterone concentration (PAC), plasma renin concentration (PRC) and the aldosterone/renin ratio (ARR) in patients with postmenopausal osteoporosis.Methods
In 60 patients with postmenopausal osteoporosis, bone mineral density (BMD), PAC and PRC were measured before and after treatment with alendronate (70 mg/week, n=22) or recombinant human parathyroid hormone (20 μg/day, n=35) for 48 weeks.Results
PAC was negatively correlated with the T-score of lumbar spine BMD and femoral neck BMD (lumbar r=-0.386, p<0.01; femoral neck r=-0.262, p<0.05). With the improvement in lumbar BMD after anti-osteoporosis treatment (T-score -3.4±0.5 vs. -3.1 ±0.4, p<0.0001), PAC decreased from 182.8±53.2 to 143.7±68.6 pg/mL (p<0.0001), PRC increased from 7.8±11.6 to 39.2±50.0 μIU/mL (p<0.0001) and the ARR decreased from 74.8±75.2 to 13.1±17.1 pg/μIU (p<0.0001). At baseline, 58% (35/60) of the patients had an ARR >37 pg/μIU, and the proportion decreased to 8% (5/57) after treatment.Conclusion
Treatment with alendronate or parathyroid hormone causes decreased PAC and increased PRC, resulting in a decreased ARR in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis.
SUBMITTER: Hu Q
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7268128 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr-Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hu Qingfen Q Liao Kangla K Zhang Longwei L Shu Xiaoyu X Xu Zhixin Z Qiu Yuyang Y Li Qifu Q Yang Shumin S
Journal of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system : JRAAS 20200401 2
<h4>Objective</h4>This study aimed to investigate the effect of anti-osteoporosis therapy on plasma aldosterone concentration (PAC), plasma renin concentration (PRC) and the aldosterone/renin ratio (ARR) in patients with postmenopausal osteoporosis.<h4>Methods</h4>In 60 patients with postmenopausal osteoporosis, bone mineral density (BMD), PAC and PRC were measured before and after treatment with alendronate (70 mg/week, <i>n</i>=22) or recombinant human parathyroid hormone (20 μg/day, <i>n</i>= ...[more]