Table 1 Patients’ characteristics before transplantation
From: Treatment of bone loss in patients with chronic liver disease awaiting liver transplantation
IBA | |
|---|---|
Age (years) | 54.1±9.5 |
Total (n) | 31 |
Female/male | 9 / 22 |
Liver disease | cholestatic: 2 non-cholestatic: 29 |
T-score lumbar spine ( 0 – -1 normal range) | -1.77±1.51 |
T-score femoral neck | -1.21±1.24 |
Bone specific alkaline phosphatase (8-16.6 μg/l) | 18.61±8.74 |
Pyridinoline (95 – 215 μg/g creatinine) | 311±180 |
Desoxypridinoline (15 – 45 μg/g creatinine) | 46.01±28.2 |