The relative influence of serum ionized calcium and 25-hydroxyvitamin D in regulating PTH secretion in healthy subjects
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Ferrone F, Pepe J, Danese VC, Fassino V, Cecchetti V, De Lucia F, Biamonte F, Colangelo L, Ferrazza G, Panzini E, Scillitani A, Nieddu L, Blocki F, Rao SD, Minisola S, and Cipriani C. The relative influence of serum ionized calcium and 25-hydroxyvitamin D in regulating PTH secretion in healthy subjects. Bone 2019; 125:200-206.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-1-2019
Publication Title
Bone
Abstract
BACKGROUND: While the inverse relationship between serum ionized calcium (Ca(2+)) and PTH is well-established, the relationship between 25(OH)D and PTH showed conflicting results. The study aimed to evaluate the relative contributions of age, sex, serum Ca(2+), ionized magnesium (Mg(2+)), 25(OH)D and 1,25(OH)2D in regulating PTH secretion in healthy subjects. METHODS: This is a secondary analysis of an observational study performed from March 2014 to July 2015 carried out in 2259 blood donors (1652 men and 607 women, age range 18-68years). Subjects with parathyroid disorders and taking drugs that affect mineral metabolism were excluded. RESULTS: Significant correlations [between Ca(2+) and PTH (r=-0.223, p<0.001), 25(OH)D and PTH (r=-0.178, p<0.001) and between PTH and age (r=0.322, p<0.001)] were found. As a preliminary step to multivariate analysis, a regression tree analysis was performed using PTH as response variable and age, Ca(2+), Mg(2+), 25(OH)D, 1,25(OH)2D and sex as explanatory variables to determine the effect of each covariate on the response variable. For subjects <38years, 25(OH)D was the most important parameter in regulating PTH. For subjects >/=38 both 25(OH)D and Ca(2+) levels regulated PTH secretion. Subjects with 25(OH)D<13ng/mL had average higher PTH; in this group only, subjects with Ca(2+)>/=1.30mmol/L had average lower PTH compared to subjects with Ca(2+)<1.30. The multivariate analysis showed that all variables had a significant effect (p<0.001) on PTH. Anova Type III errors c indicated that 25(OH)D accounted for 32.1% of the total variance in PTH, Ca(2+) accounted for 18% of the total variance, BMI for 14.3%, and 1,25(OH)2D for 11.1%. The remaining percentage was attributable to age and sex. This was confirmed by the regression tree approach, where 25(OH)D and Ca(2+) accounted for the largest variation in the average levels of PTH. DISCUSSION: Under stable conditions 25(OH)D plays a significant role in regulating PTH secretion. Under conditions of relative vitamin D sufficiency, Ca(2+) also plays an important role.
PubMed ID
31129357
Volume
125
First Page
200
Last Page
206
