NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Jul 19 –
A study of women with hypopituitarism shows that those with leaner body mass and higher levels of androgen have higher bone mineral density (BMD) than their counterparts.
Dr. Karen K. Miller and colleagues at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston studied 16 women with adult-onset pituitary disease and growth hormone levels below 5 ng/mL.
The women underwent BMD and body composition testing. The researchers found a strong correlation between androgen levels and BMD of the total hip, lateral spine and Ward’s triangle. They also found a strong correlation between lean body mass and BMD at the same sites, and also at the femoral neck, trochanter and posterior-anterior spine.
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