Osteocalcin

Medical Test

Increased in:

• Primary or secondary osteoporosis
• Osteomalacia
• Osteopenia due to vitamin D deficiency
• Growth hormone deficiency
• Hypogonadism
• Paget’s disease
• Osteoporosis
• Cushing syndrome
• Renal osteodystrophy
• Inflammatory states such as rheumatoid arthritis
• Bone metastasis
• Hyperthyroidism
• Primary Hyperparathyroidism
• Myeloma
• Hypercalciuria
• Children
• Long term corticosteroid use
• Acromegaly
• Recent bone fracture
• Menopause
• Lactation
• Excercise
• Incresed age

Decreased in:

• Decreased results may indicate favorable therapeutic response
• Pregnancy
• Growth hormone deficiency
• Hypothyroidism
• Hypoparathyroidism
• Liver disease
• Alcoholism
• Long term corticosteroid therapy
• Obesity
• Type 2 Diabetes