The levels of bone turnover markers in Chinese postmenopausal women

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Authors

Jing Zhao · Peking Union Medical College Hospital

Weibo Xia · Peking Union Medical College Hospital

Min Nie · Peking Union Medical College Hospital

Xin Zheng · China Rehabilitation Research Center

Qiuping Wang · Tang Hospital

Xiran Wang · Second Artillery General Hospital of Chinese People's Liberation Army

Wenbo Wang

Abstract

Serum β-CTX and P1NP levels were negatively correlated with BMD. β-CTX was significantly higher in postmenopausal women with sustained fracture or vertebral fracture. Vitamin D deficiency was highly prevalent in postmenopausal women in Beijing.

Topics & Keywords

Bone health and osteoporosis research Vitamin D Research Studies Bone Metabolism and Diseases

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Menopause The Journal of The North American Menopause Society

Volume 18, Issue 11, pp. 1237-1243

DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e31821d7ff7

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