1. Evaluation of serum calcium and serum parathyroid levels in post-menopausal women with and without oral dryness
- Author
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Balwinder Singh, Adesh Manchanda, Shambulingappa Pallagatti, Kirandeep Kaur, Ramandeep S Narang, Soheyl Sheikh, and Gagandeep Arora
- Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty ,Osteoporosis ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Parathyroid hormone ,030209 endocrinology & metabolism ,Post menopausal ,Calcium ,AutoAnalyzer ,Gastroenterology ,Severity of Illness Index ,Xerostomia ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Internal medicine ,Medicine ,Humans ,Saliva ,General Dentistry ,business.industry ,Arsenazo III ,030206 dentistry ,medicine.disease ,Menopause ,Postmenopause ,Endocrinology ,chemistry ,Parathyroid Hormone ,Case-Control Studies ,ORAL DRYNESS ,Female ,Geriatrics and Gerontology ,business ,Secretory Rate - Abstract
Objective The primary objective of this study was to estimate and secondary objective was to compare the serum calcium levels and serum parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels in post-menopausal women with and without oral dryness (OD). Materials and Methods A case–control study was carried out on 80 selected post-menopausal women. Salivary flow was assessed by flow rate; serum calcium concentrations were assessed through Semi Autoanalyzer by Arsenazo III reaction. The serum PTH concentration was measured by the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Severity of OD was assessed by a questionnaire through which the xerostomia inventory (XI) score could be measured. Statistical analysis of Student's t-test, Mann–Whitney test and Pearson's correlation was used. Results There was a significant difference in mean values of both serum PTH concentration and XI score in post-menopausal women with/without OD (p
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- 2014