Comparison of plasma endothelin levels between osteoporotic, osteopenic and normal subjects

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>It has been demonstrated that endothelins (ET) have significant roles in bone remodeling, metabolism and physiopathology of several bone diseases. We aimed to investigate if there was any difference between the plasma ET levels of os...

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Main Authors: Biçimoğlu Ali, Hapa Onur, Çelebi Levent, Muratli Hasan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2005-09-01
Series:BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2474/6/49
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author Biçimoğlu Ali
Hapa Onur
Çelebi Levent
Muratli Hasan
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Hapa Onur
Çelebi Levent
Muratli Hasan
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description <p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>It has been demonstrated that endothelins (ET) have significant roles in bone remodeling, metabolism and physiopathology of several bone diseases. We aimed to investigate if there was any difference between the plasma ET levels of osteoporotic patients and normals.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>86 patients (70 women and 16 men) with a mean age of 62.6 (ranges: 51–90) years were included in this study. Patients were divided into groups of osteoporosis, osteopenia and normal regarding reported T scores of DEXA evaluation according to the suggestions of World Health Organization. According to these criteria 19, 43 and 24 were normal, osteopenic and osteoporotic respectively. Then total plasma level of ET was measured in all patients with monoclonal antibody based sandwich immunoassay (EIA) method. One-way analysis of variance test was used to compare endothelin values between normals, osteopenics and osteoporotics.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Endothelin total plasma level in patients was a mean of 98.36 ± 63.96, 100.92 ± 47.2 and 99.56 ± 56.6 pg/ml in osteoporotic, osteopenic and normal groups respectively. The difference between groups was not significant (p > 0.05).</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>No significant differences in plasma ET levels among three groups of study participants could be detected in this study.</p>
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spelling doaj.art-04292cb110b34a7c81a718490dd3df162022-12-21T19:59:45ZengBMCBMC Musculoskeletal Disorders1471-24742005-09-01614910.1186/1471-2474-6-49Comparison of plasma endothelin levels between osteoporotic, osteopenic and normal subjectsBiçimoğlu AliHapa OnurÇelebi LeventMuratli Hasan<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>It has been demonstrated that endothelins (ET) have significant roles in bone remodeling, metabolism and physiopathology of several bone diseases. We aimed to investigate if there was any difference between the plasma ET levels of osteoporotic patients and normals.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>86 patients (70 women and 16 men) with a mean age of 62.6 (ranges: 51–90) years were included in this study. Patients were divided into groups of osteoporosis, osteopenia and normal regarding reported T scores of DEXA evaluation according to the suggestions of World Health Organization. According to these criteria 19, 43 and 24 were normal, osteopenic and osteoporotic respectively. Then total plasma level of ET was measured in all patients with monoclonal antibody based sandwich immunoassay (EIA) method. One-way analysis of variance test was used to compare endothelin values between normals, osteopenics and osteoporotics.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Endothelin total plasma level in patients was a mean of 98.36 ± 63.96, 100.92 ± 47.2 and 99.56 ± 56.6 pg/ml in osteoporotic, osteopenic and normal groups respectively. The difference between groups was not significant (p > 0.05).</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>No significant differences in plasma ET levels among three groups of study participants could be detected in this study.</p>http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2474/6/49
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Hapa Onur
Çelebi Levent
Muratli Hasan
Comparison of plasma endothelin levels between osteoporotic, osteopenic and normal subjects
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
title Comparison of plasma endothelin levels between osteoporotic, osteopenic and normal subjects
title_full Comparison of plasma endothelin levels between osteoporotic, osteopenic and normal subjects
title_fullStr Comparison of plasma endothelin levels between osteoporotic, osteopenic and normal subjects
title_full_unstemmed Comparison of plasma endothelin levels between osteoporotic, osteopenic and normal subjects
title_short Comparison of plasma endothelin levels between osteoporotic, osteopenic and normal subjects
title_sort comparison of plasma endothelin levels between osteoporotic osteopenic and normal subjects
url http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2474/6/49
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