Fabio Bioletto, Michela Sibilla, Alessandro Maria Berton, Nunzia Prencipe, Emanuele Varaldo, Federica Maiorino, Daniela Cuboni, Alessia Pusterla, Valentina Gasco, Silvia Grottoli, Ezio Ghigo, Emanuela Arvat, Massimo Procopio, Marco Barale
CONTEXT: Hyponatremia is associated with increased risk of osteoporosis and fractures. The impact of hyponatremia on non-invasive indices of bone quality, however, is unknown. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether trabecular bone microarchitecture, assessed non-invasively by trabecular bone score (TBS), is altered in patients with hyponatremia. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of the population-based 2005-2008 cycles of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), in which TBS measurement was performed...
April 12, 2024: Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism