The effect of life-long thyroxine treatment and physical activity on bone mineral density in young adult women with congenital hypothyroidism.

J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab

Department of Paediatric Endocrinology, Emma Children's Hospital, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Published: December 2006

Objective: Normalization of plasma thyrotropin in T4-supplemented patients with thyroidal congenital hypothyroidism (CH) requires elevated plasma FT4-concentrations compared to patients with acquired thyroidal hypothyroidism. We investigated bone mineral density (BMD) in patients with CH.

Patients And Methods: BMD was measured in 14 adult women with thyroidal CH and nine age-matched female controls.

Results: There were no significant differences between patients and controls for femoral neck bone mineral content (BMC) (38.6 vs 37.6 g), BMD (0.98 vs 1.01 g/cm(2)), T-score (0.1 vs 0.3 SD) and z-score (0.1 vs 0.3 SD) and for spine BMC (63.1 vs 71.9 g). The differences in spine BMD (0.97 vs 1.09 g/cm(2)), T-score (-0.7 vs 0.4 SD) and z-score (-0.5 vs 0.6 SD) were significant (p = 0.025, p = 0.023, and p = 0.021, respectively).

Conclusions: Although BMD in patients with CH was slightly lower compared to controls, all scores were within the reference range. This does not support the hypothesis that the upwards shifted plasma FT4-concentrations in patients treated for CH have a deleterious effect on BMD.

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