Calcitonin in Ghanaians and Israelis

Mark N. Lowenthal; Martin Adu Ampofo; Ruth Sheinkin-Kestenbaum; Shraga Shany

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Calcitonin in Ghanaians and Israelis

Mark N. Lowenthal, Martin Adu Ampofo, Ruth Sheinkin-Kestenbaum, Shraga Shany

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Abstract

Calcitonin (CT) in serum was measured in a group of (black) Ghanaian traumatic fracture patients (GFP) and in two healthy control groups, (black) Ghanaian (GMS) and (white) Israeli (IMS) medical students. CT (mean ± SD) in GFP, GMS and IMS was, respectively, 17.2 ± 6.4, 15.5 ± 2.8 and 7.6 ± 3.3 pmol/l. The mean difference between the GFP and GMS was not significant, but that between the Ghanaian groups combined and IMS was 8.8 pmol/l, 95% CI 4.1-13.7, P < 0.001. Observations elsewhere that CT levels in adult blacks in the tropics are higher than those in whites are confirmed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	149-152
Number of pages	4
Journal	Bone and Mineral
Volume	10
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0169-6009(90)90090-3
State	Published - 1 Jan 1990

Keywords

Calcitonin
Fractures
Ghanaians
Israelis
Racial differences

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Surgery
Biochemistry
Endocrinology

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