Trabecular Bone Score Improves Fracture Risk Discrimination in Postmenopausal Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Receiving Glucocorticoids.
Ratthanin RuangnopparutSuranut CharoensriDueanchonnee SribenjalakDaris TeerakulpisutChatlert PongchaiyakulPublished in: International journal of general medicine (2024)
The reduction in TBS was associated with an osteoporotic fracture in postmenopausal RA patients receiving glucocorticoids. Combining TBS and BMD in these patients incrementally improves fracture risk discrimination and may serve as a supplementary tool in identifying patients at greatest risk of osteoporotic fracture.
Keyphrases
- bone mineral density
- rheumatoid arthritis
- postmenopausal women
- body composition
- hip fracture
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- disease activity
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- patient reported outcomes
- interstitial lung disease
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- systemic sclerosis
- patient reported