Skeletal health status among patients with chronic hypoparathyroidism: results from the Canadian National Hypoparathyroidism Registry (CNHR)

In the CNHR study, 35% of postmenopausal women had osteoporosis by BMD or fragility fracture, and 4% had both. Three men ≥ 50 had osteoporosis by BMD or fragility fracture (33.3%; n = 3/9). This suggests that close follow-up of skeletal health is necessary in postmenopausal women, and men ≥ 50 with chronic HypoPT.PurposeChronic hypoparathyroidism (HypoPT) has been associated with decreased bone turnover and abnormalities in bone mineral density …