Abstract:A total of 26 subjects, 13 premenopausal and 13 postmenopausal women, aged between 46 and 52 were examined for their cortical thickness of the clavicle, serum bone gamma-carboxyglutamic acid-containing protein (BGP, osteocalcin), serum alkaline phosphatase, serum calcium, serum inorganic phosphate, urinary calcium/creatinine and urinary inorganic phosphate/creatinine. Serum BGP was significantly higher in postmenopausal than in premenopausal women. Serum alkaline phosphatase also tended to elevate in postmenop… Show more
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