Jun-Il Yoo, So Young Park, Deog-Yoon Kim, Jeonghoon Ha, Yumie Rhee, Namki Hong, Jung-Taek Kim, Hyon-Seung Yi, Bu Kyung Kim, Young-Kyun Lee, Yong-Chan Ha, Yun Kyung Jeon, Ha-Young Kim, Seong Hee Ahn, Seongbin Hong, Sang-Yeob Lee
BACKGROUND: This study aimed to investigate real-world data of C-terminal telopeptide (CTX), propeptide of type I collagen (P1NP), and osteocalcin through present multicenter clinical study, and retrospectively analyze the usefulness of bone turnover markers (BTMs) in Koreans. METHODS: The study focused on pre- and post-menopausal patients diagnosed with osteoporosis and excluded patients without certain test results or with test intervals of over 1 year. The demographic data and 3 BTMs (CTX, P1NP, and osteocalcin) were collected...
November 2023: Journal of Bone Metabolism