Table 2

Values of calcium, inorganic phosphate, iPTH, markers of bone remodelling, and bone mineral density of the renal transplantation patients and controls

Ca (mmol/l) P (mmol/l) iPTH (pmol/l) BAP (U/l) PICP (μg/l) OC (μg/l) PYD (μmol/mmol) DPD (μmol/mmol) ICTP (pmol/l)
Renal transplantation2.43 (0.05)1.66 (0.1)12.9 (4.4)65 (11)335 (55)26.9 (2.9)221 (37)44.3 (6.6)11.6 (1.4)
Controls2.42 (0.03)1.49 (0.04)2.0 (0.2)48 (8)190 (24)18.0 (3.4)232 (49)34.7 (6.3)6.3 (0.7)
p valueNSp = 0.01p = 0.03NSp = 0.02p = 0.03NSNSp = 0.01
  • Data are presented as mean (SEM).

  • Ca, total serum calcium; P, inorganic phosphate; iPTH, intact parathyroid hormone; BAP, bone alkaline phosphatase; OC, osteocalcin; PICP, serum procollagene type I carboxy terminal propeptide; ICTP, procollagene type I cross linked carboxy terminal telopeptide (ICTP); PYD, urinary pyridinoline; DPD, urinary deoxypyridinoline crosslinks.