Mechanisms of Normalisation of Bone Metabolism during Recovery from Hyperthyroidism: Potential Role for Sclerostin and Parathyroid Hormone

Table 3

Spearman rank correlation coefficients before therapy. Analysis of association: significant correlations are marked with asterisks: ,  . OC, osteocalcin; CTX, collagen type I cross-linked C-telopeptide.

Before treatment	BMI	AGE	TSH (mIU/L)	FT3 (pg/mL)	FT4 (ng/mL)	CTX (ng/dL)	OC (ng/mL)	PTH (pg/mL)
Sclerostin (pmol/L)	0.25	0.24	−0.22	−0.17	−0.09	0.41	0.16	−0.18
PTH (pg/mL)	0.14	0.17	0.15	−0.18	0.04	−0.01	0.06
OC (ng/mL)	−0.22	−0.43	0.23	0.42	0.45	0.76