Background/Aim Preoperative osteopenia, defined as low bone mineral density, is a prognostic factor in patients with digestive tract cancers, including gastric cancer (GC). However, the correlation between preoperative osteopenia and GC in elderly patients is unclear. Patients and Methods We enrolled ...
Sarcopenia was defined as a relative skeletal muscle index (RSMI) (appendicular skeletal muscle mass divided by height) below 5.45 kg/m2. Osteopenia was defined by a densitometric t -score for bone mineral density (BMD) (g/cm2) below −1.0 and osteoporosis by a t -score below −2.5....
Osteopenia is the term used to describe a state of low bone-mineral density that’s not as severe as osteoporosis but that can lead to osteoporosis in some people. The bones in our body are in a continual state of change. Old bone is constantly being reabsorbed and new bone is being cr...
Through the analysis of mice lacking most of the Lrp5 protein we present evidence that the Lrp5 signaling pathway is required for osteoblast proliferation as well as for bone matrix deposition by differentiated osteoblasts. Surprisingly, these phenotypic abnormalities occur in the context of normal Cbf...
is mostly directed outwards, i.e. into air. For comparison purposes, Fig.2eand f show the same results but when the two individual patch antennas are in echelon as in Fig.2d(configuration B). The antiphase feeding again causes strong transmission, but it is weaker than that of the prime...
as assessed by flow cytometric analysis. 1 and 10 μm beads were used to define gate size, and 4.5 μm counting beads were used to calculate the number of extracellular vesicles. In order to exclude potential platelet contamination, apoptotic bodies were defined as 1–5 μm in size ...
(ENS@T), states that autonomous cortisol secretion with a 1 mg DST cortisol level >5.0 μg/dL is an indication of adrenalectomy; a 1 mg DST cortisol level of 1.9–5.0 μg/dL is defined as possible autonomous cortisol secretion. Adrenalectomy is considered after adding other ...
Anticonvulsant, antidepressant or antipsychotics use is defined as a regular use of the aforementioned medication for three months or longer. 3.1. Categorization of patients with BMD We categorized patients into patients with normal BMD, osteopenia (−1.0 > BMD T-score > −2.5), and osteoporosis...
These results demonstrate that, in the context of the Notch2Q2319X mutation, there is an increase in the pre-osteoclast cell pool as well as in its ability to differentiate into mature osteoclasts, and Notch activation is required for these effects. Download: Download high-res image (187KB)...
All subjects were evaluated by dual-energy X-ray absorptometry (DXA) with a Hologic Discovery device and results were expressed as g/cm² or like T-scor [9]. The T-score is defined as the difference in patients' results from the mean results obtained in a young adult population, ...