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  • 1
    ISSN: 1365-2036
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Background : A high prevalence of osteoporosis has been noted in Crohn's disease, but data about fractures are scarce.Methods : The relationship between low bone mineral density and the prevalence of vertebral fractures was studied in 271 patients with ileo-caecal Crohn's disease in a large European/Israeli study. One hundred and eighty-one currently steroid-free patients with active Crohn's disease (98 completely steroid-naive) and 90 steroid-dependent patients with inactive or quiescent Crohn's disease were investigated by dual X-ray absorptiometry scan of the lumbar spine, a standardized posterior/anterior and lateral X-ray of the thoracic and lumbar spine, and an assessment of potential risk factors for osteoporosis.Results : Thirty-nine asymptomatic fractures were seen in 25 of 179 steroid-free patients (14.0%; 27 wedge, 12 concavity), and 17 fractures were seen in 13 of 89 steroid-dependent patients (14.6%; 14 wedge, three concavity). The prevalence of fractures in steroid-naive patients was 12.4%. The average bone mineral density, expressed as the T-score, of patients with fractures was not significantly different from that of those without fractures (−0.759 vs. −0.837; P=0.73); 55% of patients with fractures had a normal T-score. The bone mineral density was negatively correlated with lifetime steroids, but not with previous bowel resection or current disease activity. The fracture rate was not correlated with the bone mineral density (P=0.73) or lifetime steroid dose (P=0.83); in women, but not in men, the fracture rate was correlated with age (P=0.009).Conclusions : The lack of correlation between the prevalence of fractures on the one hand and the bone mineral density and lifetime steroid dose on the other necessitates new hypotheses for the pathogenesis of the former.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Key words: Bone mineral density — Epidemiology — Osteoporosis — Menopause — Medication use.
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Notes: Abstract: We have previously shown considerable between-center variation in bone mineral density (BMD) in the 13 EVOS centers that performed bone densitometry on their sex- and age-stratified population samples, after adjusting for weight and age. We have now investigated whether part of the between-center variability may be attributed to between-center variations in the use of medications. Information was collected from 2088 women and 1908 men at baseline on whether the subjects had ever been prescribed calcium, calcitonin, anabolic steroids, fluoride, vitamin D, or glucocorticoids and, for the women, whether they had ever used the oral contraceptive pill (OCP) or hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Each of these variables was fitted into a regression model adjusted for age, height, weight, and center. Only OCP and HRT significantly affected BMD. Those who had ever used OCPs had spinal BMD 0.029 g/cm2 greater than those who had never used them. Users of HRT had higher BMD than nonusers: 0.037 g/cm2 at the spine, 0.018 g/cm2 at the trochanter, and 0.018 g/cm2 at the femoral neck. As expected, there was a great variation between centers in the use of OCP and HRT, but there were no significant correlations between mean BMD at any site in a given center and the prevalence of OCP or HRT use in that center. The between-center variance in BMD at all three sites remained highly significant after adjusting for treatment (P 〈 0.001). We conclude that HRT and OCP use are associated with moderate increases in BMD. The geographical variability of BMD in Europe was not explained by treatment with pharmaceuticals.
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  • 3
    ISSN: 1433-2965
    Keywords: Key words:Bone mineral density – Differential diagnosis – Fractures – Osteoarthritis – Osteoporosis – Vertebral deformity
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract: Morphometric methods have been developed for standardized assessment of vertebral deformities in clinical and epidemiologic studies of spinal osteoporosis. However, vertebral deformity may be caused by a variety of other conditions. To examine the validity of morphometrically assessed vertebral deformities as an index of osteoporotic vertebral fractures, we developed an algorithm for radiological differential classification (RDC) based on a combination of quantitative and qualitative assessment of lateral spinal radiographs. Radiographs were obtained in a population of 50- to 80-year-old German women (n= 283) and men (n = 297) surveyed in the context of the European Vertebral Osteoporosis Study (EVOS). Morphometric methods (Eastell 3 SD and 4 SD criteria, McCloskey) were validated against RDC and against bone mineral density (BMD) at the femur and the lumbar spine. According to RDC 36 persons (6.2%) had at least one osteoporotic vertebral fracture; among 516 (88.9%) nonosteoporotics 154 had severe spondylosis, 132 had other spinal disease and 219 had normal findings; 14 persons (2.4%) could not be unequivocally classified. The prevalence of morphometrically assessed vertebral deformities ranged from 7.3% to 19.2% in women and from 3.5% to 16.6% in men, depending on the stringency of the morphometric criteria. The agreement between RDC and morphometric methods was poor. In men, 62–86% of cases with vertebral deformities were classified as nonosteoporotic (severe spondylosis or other spinal disease) by RDC, compared with 31–68% in women. Among these, most had wedge deformities of the thoracic spine. On the other hand, up to 80% of osteoporotic vertebral fractures in men and up to 48% in women were missed by morphometry, in particular endplate fractures at the lumbar spine. In the group with osteoporotic vertebral fractures by RDC the proportion of persons with osteoporosis according to the WHO criteria (T-score 〈−2.5 SD) was 90.0% in women and 86.6% in men, compared with 67.9–85.0% in women and 20.8–50.0% in men with vertebral deformities by various methods. Although vertebral deformities by most definitions were significantly and inversely related to BMD as a continuous variable in both sexes [OR; 95% CI ranged between (1.70; 1.07–2.70) and (3.69; 1.33–10.25)], a much stronger association existed between BMD and osteoporotic fractures defined by RDC [OR; 95% CI between (4.85; 2.30–10.24) and (15.40; 4.65–51.02)]. In the nonosteoporotic group individuals with severe spondylosis had significantly higher BMD values at the femoral neck (p 〈0.01) and lumbar spine (p 〈0.0004) compared with the normal group. On the basis of internal (RDC) and external (BMD) validation, we conclude that assessment of vertebral osteoporotic fracture by quantitative methods alone will result in considerable misclassification, especially in men. Criteria for differential diagnosis as used within RDC can be helpful for a standardized subclassification of vertebral deformities in studies of spinal osteoporosis.
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  • 4
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    Osteoporosis international 11 (2000), S. 400-407 
    ISSN: 1433-2965
    Keywords: Key words:Disease monitoring – Hand bone mineral density – Periarticular osteoporosis – Quantitative ultrasound – Rheumatoid arthritis
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract: Periarticular osteopenia is the earliest radiographic sign of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Recent studies using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) have indicated that the loss of periarticular BMD can be quantified by whole-hand bone mineral density (BMD) measurements. The aim of this study was to analyze periarticular BMD in more detail by DXA and quantitative ultrasound (QUS). In a cross-sectional study 23 women aged 30–76 years with early RA, mean disease duration 26 ± 19 months, and 18 men aged 42–69 years, mean disease duration 24 ± 25 months, were examined. All patients received antirheumatic therapy. The reference population consisted of 103 age-matched controls (68 females, 35 males) and young healthy controls. BMD measurements were performed using a DXA Expert XL densitometer (Lunar). BMD of the whole-hand and two subregions was determined: two subchondral regions of interest (S.CH.) were set within the trabecular bone, distal to the proximal interphalangeal joints of digits II and III excluding the dense subchondral bone of the metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joint and two metacarpal regions of interest (MCP) were set including the entire MCP joint of these fingers. QUS measurements at the proximal phalanges of digits II–V were performed using a DBM Sonic (Igea); amplitude-dependent speed of sound (Ad-SoS) was determined. In comparison with whole-hand BMD measurements, bone loss was pronounced in patients with a disease duration of 18–72 months at the subchondral regions of interest in both genders compared with age-matched controls (women: mean BMD loss S.CH. −23%, p〈0.001, whole-hand −16%, p〈0.001; men: mean BMD loss S.CH. −19%, p〈0.05, whole-hand −12%, p〈0.05). The bone changes were also shown by QUS (women: Ad-SOS values of 1950 ± 90 m/s in RA vs 2137 ± 35 m/s in young healthy controls (p〈0.005); men AD-SOS 1956 ± 87 m/s in RA vs 2146 ± 41 m/s in young healthy controls (p〈0.05)). These results show that BMD and Ad-SOS values are significantly lowered in patients with early RA and indicate that periarticular osteoporosis in early RA might possibly be better detected using detailed hand scan analyses.
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  • 5
    ISSN: 1433-2965
    Keywords: Key words:Epidemiology – Osteoporosis – Vertebral deformity – Vertebral osteoporosis
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract: Vertebral deformity is the classical hallmark of osteoporosis. Three types of vertebral deformity are usually described: crush, wedge and biconcave deformities. However, there are few data concerning the descriptive epidemiology of the individual deformity types, and differences in their underlying pathogenesis and clinical impact remain uncertain. The aim of this study was to compare the epidemiological characteristics of the three types of vertebral deformity and to explore the relationships of the number and type of deformity with back pain and height loss. Age-stratified random samples of men and women aged 50 years and over were recruited from population registers in 30 European centers (EVOS study). Subjects were invited to attend for an interviewer-administered questionnaire and lateral spinal radiographs. The presence, type and number of vertebral deformities was determined using the McCloskey–Kanis algorithm. A total of13 562 men and women were studied; mean age in men was 64.4 years (SD 8.5), and in women 63.8 years (SD 8.5 years). There was evidence of variation in the occurrence of wedge, crush and biconcave deformity by age, sex and vertebral level. Wedge deformities were the most frequent deformity and tended to cluster at the mid-thoracic and thoraco-lumbar regions of the spine in both men and women. Similar predilection for these sites was observed for crush and to a lesser extent biconcave deformities though this was much less marked than for wedge deformities. In both sexes the frequency of biconcave deformities was higher in the lumbar than the thoracic spine and unlike the other deformity types it did not decline in frequency at lower lumbar vertebral levels. The prevalence of all three types of vertebral deformity increased with age and was more marked in women. There were no important differences in the effect of age on the different deformity types. All types of deformity were associated with height loss, which was greatest for individuals with crush deformity. Back pain was also associated with all types of deformity.Overall, these results do not suggest important differences in pathophysiology between the three deformity types. Biomechanical factors appear to be important in determining their distribution within the spine. All deformity types are linked with adverse outcomes, though crush deformities showed greater height loss than the other deformity types.
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  • 6
    ISSN: 1433-2965
    Keywords: Key words:Bone mineral density – Femur – Fractal dimension – Osteoporosis – Radiography – Singh index
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract: Conventional radiography and fractal analysis were used to quantify trabecular texture patterns in human femur specimens and these measures were used in conjunction with bone mineral density (BMD) to predict bone strength. Radiographs were obtained from 51 human femur specimens (25 male, 26 female). The radiographs were analyzed using three different fractal geometry based techniques, namely semi-variance, surface area and Fourier analysis. Maximum compressive strength (MCS) and shear stress (MSS) were determined with a material testing machine; BMD was measured using quantitative computed tomography (QCT). MCS and MSS both correlated significantly with BMD (MCS: R= 0.49–0.54; MSS: R= 0.69–0.72). Fractal dimension also correlated significantly with both biomechanical properties (MCS: R= 0.49–0.56; MSS: R= 0.47–0.54). Using multivariate regression analysis, the fractal dimension in addition to BMD improved correlations versus biomechanical properties. Both BMD and fractal dimension showed statistically significant correlation with bone strength. The fractal dimension provided additional information beyond BMD in correlating with biomechanical properties.
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  • 7
    ISSN: 1433-2965
    Keywords: Cross-calibration ; Dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) ; European Spine Phantom (ESP) ; Osteoporosis ; Quantitative computed tomography (QCT)
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Up to now it has not been possible to reliably cross-calibrate dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) densitometry equipment made by different manufacturers so that a measurement made on an individual subject can be expressed in the units used with a different type of machine. Manufacturers have adopted various procedures for edge detection and calibration, producing various normal ranges which are specific to each individual manufacturer's brand of machine. In this study we have used the recently described European Spine Phantom (ESP, prototype version), which contains three semi-anthropomorphic “vertebrae” of different densities made of simulated cortical and trabecular bone, to calibrate a range of DXA densitometers and quantitative computed tomography (QCT) equipment used in the measurement of trabecular bone density of the lumbar vertebrae. Three brands of QCT equipment and three brands of DXA equipment were assessed. Repeat measurements were made to assess machine stability. With the large majority of machines which proved stable, mean values were obtained for the measured low, medium and high density vertebrae respectively. In the case of the QCT equipment these means were for the trabecular bone density, and in the case of the DXA equipment for vertebral body bone density in the posteroanterior projection. All DXA machines overestimated the projected area of the vertebral bodies by incorporating variable amounts of transverse process. In general, the QCT equipment gave measured values which were close to the specified values for trabecular density, but there were substantial differences from the specified values in the results provided by the three DXA brands. For the QCT and Norland DXA machines (posteroanterior view), the relationships between specified densities and observed densities were found to be linear, whereas for the other DXA equipment (posteroanterior view), slightly curvilinear, exponential fits were found to be necessary to fit the plots of observed versus specified densities. From these plots, individual calibration equations were derived for each machine studied. For optimal cross-calibration, it was found to be necessary to use an individual calibration equation for each machine. This study has shown that it is possible to cross-calibrate DXA as well as QCT equipment for the measurement of axial bone density. This will be of considerable benefit for large-scale epidemiological studies as well as for multi-site clinical studies depending on bone densitometry.
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  • 8
    ISSN: 1433-2965
    Keywords: Key words:Alendronate – bisphosphonate – Bone mineral density – Fractures – Postmenopausal osteoporosisRID=""ID="" 〈E5〉Correspondence and offprint requests to:〈/E5〉 Huibert A. P. Pols, MD, PhD, Department of Internal Medicine III, Erasmus University Medical School, PO Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Tel: +31 10 4635956. Fax: +31 10 4633268. e-mail: pols@epib.fgg.eur.nl.RID=""ID=""Fosamax〈SUP〉®〈/SUP〉 is a registered trademark of Merck & Co., Inc., Whitehouse Station, NJ, USA.
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract: This randomized, double-masked, placebo-controlled trial evaluated the safety, tolerability and effects on bone mineral density (BMD) of alendronate in a large, multinational population of postmenopausal women with low bone mass. At 153 centers in 34 countries, 1908 otherwise healthy, postmenopausal women with lumbar spine BMD 2 standard deviations or more below the premenopausal adult mean were randomly assigned to receive oral alendronate 10 mg (n = 950) or placebo (n = 958) once daily for 1 year. All patients received 500 mg elemental calcium daily. Baseline characteristics of patients in the two treatment groups were similar. At 12 months, mean increases in BMD were significantly (p≤0.001) greater in the alendronate than the placebo group by 4.9% (95% confidence interval 4.6% to 5.2%) at the lumbar spine, 2.4% (2.0% to 2.8%) at the femoral neck, 3.6% (3.2% to 4.1%) at the trochanter and 3.0% (2.6% to 3.4%) for the total hip. The incidence of nonvertebral fractures was significantly lower in the alendronate than the placebo group (19 vs 37 patients with fractures), representing a 47% risk reduction for nonvertebral fracture for alendronate-treated patients (95% confidence interval 10% to 70%; p= 0.021). Incidences of adverse events, including upper gastrointestinal adverse events, were similar in the two groups. Therefore, for postmenopausal women with low bone mass, alendronate is well tolerated and produces significant, progressive increases in BMD at the lumbar spine and hip in addition to significant reduction in the risk of nonvertebral fracture.
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  • 9
    ISSN: 1433-2965
    Keywords: Menarche ; Menopause ; Oral contraceptive pill ; Parity ; Vertebral osteoporosis
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The aim of this study was to determine whether variation in the level of selected hormonal and reproductive variables might explain variation in the occurrence of vertebral deformity across Europe. A population-based cross-sectional survey method was used. A total of 7530 women aged 50–79 years and over were recruited from 30 European centres. Subjects were invited to attend for an interviewer-administered questionnaire and lateral spinal radiographs which were taken according to a standard protocol. After adjusting for age, centre, body mass index and smoking, those in the highest quintile of menarche (age 2=16 years) had an increased risk of vertebral deformity (odds ratio [OR]=1.48; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.16, 1.88). Increased menopausal age (〉52.5 years) was associated with a reduced risk of deformity (OR=0.78; 95% CI 0.60, 1.00), while use of the oral contraceptive pill was also protective (OR=0.76; 95% CI 0.58, 0.99). There was a smaller protective effect associated with one or more years use of hormone replacement therapy, though the confidence limits clearly embraced unity. There was no apparent effect of parity or breast-feeding on the risk of deformity. We conclude that oestrogen status is an important determinant of vertebral deformity. Ever use of the oral contraceptive pill was associated with a 25% reduction in risk of deformity though the effect may be a result of the higher-dosage oestrogen pills used in the past. Parity and breast-feeding do not appear to be important and would appear to have little potential for identification of women at high risk of vertebral deformity.
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  • 10
    ISSN: 1433-2965
    Keywords: Aging ; Bone densitometry ; Epidemiology ; European Spine Phantom ; Geographic variation ; Osteoporosis
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate variations in bone density between 16 European populations, 13 of which were participants in the European Vertebral Osteoporosis Study (EVOS). Men and women aged 50–80 years were recruited randomly from local population registers, stratified in 5-year age bands. The other three centres recruited similarly. Random samples of 20–100% of EVOS subjects were invited for dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) densitometry of the lumbar spine and/or proximal femur using Hologic, Lunar or Norland pencil beam machines or, in one centre, a Sopha fan-beam machine. Cross-calibration of the different machines was undertaken using the European Spine Phantom prototype (ESPp). Highly significant differences in mean bone density were demonstrated between centres, giving rise to between-centre SDs in bone density that were about a quarter of a population SD. These differences persisted when centres using Hologic machines and centres using Lunar machines were considered separately. The centres were ranked differently according to whether male or female subjects were being considered and according to site of measurement (L2–4, femoral neck or femoral trochanter). As expected, bone mineral density (BMD) had a curvilinear relationship with age, and apparent rates of decrease slowed as age advanced past 50 years in both sexes. In the spine, not only did male BMD usually appear to increase with age, but there was a highly significant difference between centres in the age effect in both sexes, suggesting a variability in the impact of osteoarthritis between centres. Weight was consistently positively associated with BMD, but the effects of height and armspan were less consistent. Logarithmic transformation was needed to normalize the regressions of BMD on the independent variates, and after transformation, all sites except the femoral neck in females showed significant increases in SD with age. Interestingly, the effect of increasing weight was to decrease dispersion in proximal femur measurements in both sexes, further accentuating the tendency in women for low body mass index to be associated with osteoporosis as defined by densitometry. It is concluded that there are major differences between BMD values in European population samples which, with variations in anthro-pometric variables, have the potential to contribute substantially to variations in rates of osteoporotic fracture risk in Europe.
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