The effect of B-vitamins on biochemical bone turnover markers and bone mineral density in osteoporotic patients: a 1-year double blind placebo controlled trial
The effect of B-vitamins on biochemical bone turnover markers and bone mineral density in osteoporotic patients: a 1-year double blind placebo controlled trial
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DOI:
10.1515/cclm.2007.352
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发表时间:
2007-01-01
影响因子:
6.8
通讯作者:
Herrmann, Wolfgang
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作者:
Herrmann, Markus;Umanskaya, Natalia;Herrmann, Wolfgang
Background: Hyperhomocysteinemia is a new risk factor for osteoporosis. This study analyzed the effect of a homocysteine (HCY)-lowering treatment in osteoporotic individuals.Methods: Osteoporotic subjects (n=47, 55-82 years) were treated with either a combination of 2.5 mg folate, 0.5 mg vitamin B-12 and 25 mg vitamin B, or placebo. Bone mineral density (BMD) at lumbar spine and hip was measured at baseline and after 1 year. Urinary - desoxypyridinoline cross-links (DPD) and plasma levels of tartrate resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP), C-terminal cross-links of collagen I (CTx), pro-collagen type I N-terminal peptide (PINP) and osteocalcin (OC) were measured after 0, 4, 8 and 12 months.Results: B-vitamin supplementation significantly reduced HCY (0 vs. 12 months: 13.6 4.8 vs. 8.9 2.4 mu mol/L). Placebo treatment had no effect on HCY (0 vs. 12 months: 12.0 +/- 3.4 vs. 12.7 +/- 3.9 [mu mol/L). BIVID, TRAP, CTx, OC and PINP did not change throughout the study in both groups. Vitamin treatment decreased urinary DPD by -13% (p15 mu Lmol/L, n =8), B-vitamin treatment tended to increase BMD at the lumbar spine, with a t-score from -2.7 to -1.7, and to decrease OC and PINP by approximately 50%.Conclusions: B-vitamin supplementation had no consistent effects on bone turnover or BMD. However, the situation may be different in patients with hyperhomocysteinemia.