Bone/Mineral Metabolism News

Women with a high genetic risk score for hyperandrogenism have a higher bone mineral density and a lower risk for fracture than those with a lower risk score, according to study results published in Bone.

Transgender men receiving testosterone have higher total volumetric bone mineral density than cisgender women, whereas transgender women on estradiol have lower volumetric BMD compared with cisgender men, according to study data.

Postmenopausal women who received a daily prebiotic supplement years after gastric bypass saw no change in calcium absorption compared with women who received placebo, though some differential responses were observed in the prebiotic group.

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Postmenopausal women experienced more widespread vertebral bone accrual at the lumbar spine at 12 months of romosozumab treatment compared with teriparatide, according to study data published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.

A cohort of postmenopausal women from Finland had a bone mineral density decrease of about 10% during a follow-up period of 25 years, according to findings published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.

A database analysis of more than 3 million South Korean adults shows blood pressure variability is an independent predictor of fracture incidence during 7 years of follow-up, even among adults without hypertension.

Sustained burosumab therapy for more than 3 years for children with X-linked hypophosphatemia resulted in clinically meaningful improvements across several clinical outcomes and demonstrated an acceptable benefit-risk profile, data show.