HEIGHT LOSS RATE AS A MARKER OF OSTEOPOROSIS IN POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN WITH RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS

Authors
SANILA M KOTANIEMI A VIIKARI J ISOMAKI H
Citation
M. Sanila et al., HEIGHT LOSS RATE AS A MARKER OF OSTEOPOROSIS IN POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN WITH RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS, Clinical rheumatology, 13(2), 1994, pp. 256-260
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Rheumatology
Journal title
Clinical rheumatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
07703198
Volume
13
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
256 - 260
Database
ISI
SICI code
0770-3198(1994)13:2<256:HLRAAM>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
The relation between the loss of height and bone mineral density (BMD) at the lumbar spine and proximal femur was determined in 61 women age d 56-70 years suffering from rheumatoid arthritis. Statistically highl y significant negative correlations were found between the loss of hei ght and the spinal and femoral BMD. A loss of 4 cm or more in height o ver 10 years seems to be associated with a significant decrease of BMD , and it can be recommended as a clinical marker of osteoporosis.