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Table 3 Pyridinoline (PYD μg/g creatinine) and Deoxypyridinoline (DPYD μg/g creatinine), Bone specific alkaline phosphatase (BAP μg/l).

From: Treatment of bone loss in patients with chronic liver disease awaiting liver transplantation

PYD

(μg/g creatinine)

IBA

P-value vs. Pre-LT

DPYD

(μg/g creatinine)

IBA

P-value vs. Pre-LT

Pre-LT

311±180

-

Pre-L

46.1±28.2

-

3 months

301±118

0.51

3 months

35.4±14.0

0.44

6 months

317±146

0.31

6 months

42.8±19.5

0.49

12 months

220±62

0.18

12 months

33.4±17.4

0.75

24 months

169±54

0.18

24 months

32.2±15.6

0.65

BAP

(μg/l)

IBA

p-value

vs. Pre-LT

 

Pre-LT

18.6±8.7

-

 

3 months

10.0±3.9

0.016*

 

6 months

12.2±3.9

0.022*

 

12 months

14.9±5.8

0.08

 

24 months

15.0±7.7

0.63

 
  1. IBA, ibandromate; LT, liver transplantation.