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  • Title: Role of calcium malabsorption in the development of secondary hyperparathyroidism after biliopancreatic diversion.
    Author: Balsa JA, Botella-Carretero JI, Peromingo R, Zamarrón I, Arrieta F, Muñoz-Malo T, Vázquez C.
    Journal: J Endocrinol Invest; 2008 Oct; 31(10):845-50. PubMed ID: 19092286.
    Abstract:
    Secondary hyperparathyroidism (SH) is a frequent metabolic complication of bariatric surgery. Around 70%of patients who undergo biliopancreatic diversion (BPD) have this complication in the long term. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relative influence of vitamin D deficiency and calcium malabsorption in the development of SH in patients who underwent BPD. We reviewed the mean values of PTH throughout the post-operative follow-up and of related biochemical data (25-hydroxyvitamin D, calcium, magnesium) of 121 patients who underwent BPD at our institute from November 1996 to November 2004 (mean follow-up 66 months). Mean PTH correlated negatively with mean 25-hydroxyvitamin D (r=-0.27, p=0.003) and with urinary calcium(r=-0.19, p=0.047), and positively with age (r=0.22, p=0.018). However, a high mean PTH was found in 48.7% patients with mean 25-hydroxyvitamin D >or=30 ng/ml and in 80.0% patients with mean 25-hydroxyvitamin D between 20 and 30 ng/ml. The mean PTH was normal in 5 patients without calcium supplements at present, and progressively increased in parallel to the calcium dose in the rest of patients, although mean 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels were not related to the calcium dose. Our data suggest that individual differences in active and/or passive calcium absorption determine intractable SH after BPD in around half of the patients who have normal levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D and in 80% of patients with 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels between 20 and 30 ng/ml after BPD, worsening with age.
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