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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Changes in Bone and Calcium Metabolism Following Hip Fracture in Elderly Patients

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Although hip fracture is one of the most common causes of acute immobilization in elderly patients, little is known about the influence of immobilization on changes in bone and calcium metabolism following this event. We therefore compared serum biochemical indices of bone and calcium metabolism in 20 elderly subjects with hip fracture with those measured in 20 healthy age-matched controls. Rankin scores, a measure of functional dependence with 0 representing independence and 5 representing total dependence, were assigned. We also examined serial changes in these biochemical indices from shortly following the fracture to the early recovery period. Ionized calcium, intact parathyroid hormone (PTH), intact bone Gla protein (BGP), pyridinoline cross-linked carboxyterminal telopeptide of type I collagen (ICTP), 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OHD), and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (1,25-[OH]2D) were measured. One week after the fracture, mean serum concentrations of calcium and ICTP were elevated in correspondence to degree of immobilization (mean Rankin score; 4.4), while serum concentrations of BGP, PTH, 25-OHD, and 1,25-[OH]2D were depressed. Rankin score (mean: 4.4) correlated positively with ICTP and negatively with BGP at this time. At 2 months, calcium and ICTP elevation decreased and BGP, PTH and 1,25-[OH]2D were less depressed, coinciding with a decline in Rankin score from 4.2 to 2.2. Indices were further improved at 3 months (mean Rankin score, 1.3), with calcium and BGP returning to normal. We concluded that increased bone resorption, and decreased bone formation, and hypercalcemia are present by 1 week following the hip fracture, and some resorption increase persists for at least 3 months. These changes could explain in part the high risk of another hip fracture.

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Received: 3 April 2000 / Accepted: 15 December 2000

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Sato, Y., Kaji, M., Higuchi, F. et al. RETRACTED ARTICLE: Changes in Bone and Calcium Metabolism Following Hip Fracture in Elderly Patients. Osteoporos Int 12, 445–449 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s001980170088

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