Relationship between trabecular bone score, bone mineral density and vertebral fractures in patients with axial spondyloarthritis.
Elia Valls PascualAna Victoria Orenes-VeraAna Sendra-GarcíaÀngels Martínez-FerrerLydia Montolío-ChivaIgnacio Vázquez-GómezEduardo Flores-FernándezDesamparados Ybáñez-GarcíaMaría Vega-MartínezLuis García-FerrerMagdalena Graells-FerrerJuan José Alegre-SanchoPublished in: BMC musculoskeletal disorders (2023)
We identified decreased TBS and total hip BMD, as well as increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein levels as factors associated with morphometric vertebral fractures. Unlike lumbar spine BMD, TBS is not affected by the presence of syndesmophytes.