Table 1.

Baseline anthropometric and biochemical variables in the study subjects. Data are means ± SEM.

	Control	PTH	P-value
N	19	20	-
Age, years	66.4±1.7	65.1±1.5	0.577
Height, m	1.63±0.01	1.62±0.01	0.513
Weight, kg	74.9±2.0	71.4±2.5	0.296
Body mass index, kg/m2	28.2±0.8	27.2±0.8	0.374
Serum parameters
Calcium, mg/dl	9.77±0.08	9.67±0.07	0.294
Phosphorus, mg/dl	3.81±0.08	3.72±0.06	0.364
Creatinine, mg/dl	0.81±0.03	0.80±0.04	0.832
25-hydroxyvitamin D, ng/ml	55.2±2.2	60.2±2.9	0.179
PINP, ug/L	54.4±5.0	54.9±4.2	0.940
Osteocalcin, ng/mL	24.2±1.6	25.1±1.7	0.694
CTx, ng/mL	0.62±.06	0.65±0.06	0.689
TRAP 5b, U/L	4.37±0.30	4.18±0.31	0.668