Role of osteodensitometry in osteoporosis and osteopenia in psoriatic arthritis.

This study did not emphasize an association between the patient type and the presented bone demineralization type (χ2 (2)=4.473, P=0.107) in men. In premenopausal women, there was a significant association between the patient type and the presented bone demineralization type (χ2 (2)=8.778, P=0.012), as the female patients with psoriatic arthritis presented total and partial demineralization to a larger degree, compared with healthy individuals. In menopausal women, this study did not highlight an association between the patient type and the presented bone demineralization type (χ2 (2)=4.523, P=0.104). Bone demineralization was significant in all three patient groups, both total and partial, in patients with psoriatic arthritis compared with healthy patients. Bone demineralization manifested as osteopenia, with T-scores ranging from -2.5 to -1, and not as osteoporosis. Determining B MD by DEXA technique revealed osteopenia to a higher degree within the group of patients with psoriatic arthritis compared with the healthy patients, as well as the absence of osteoporosis in psoriatic arthritis. PMID: 33101478 [PubMed]
Source: Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine - Category: General Medicine Tags: Exp Ther Med Source Type: research