Damaged Bone Microarchitecture by Trabecular Bone Score (TBS) and Low Appendicular Muscle Mass: Main Risk Factors for Vertebral and Non-vertebral Fractures in Women with Long-standing Rheumatoid Arthritis

Overview

Journal Osteoporos Int

Specialties Endocrinology
Orthopedics

Date 2024 Jan 24

PMID 38267666

Authors

Felipe F Silva

Gisela R Machado

Ana C M Ribeiro

Karina R Bonfiglioli

Andrea Y Shimabuco

Camille P Figueiredo

Liliam M T Guerra

Valeria F Caparbo

Rosa M R Pereira

Diogo S Domiciano

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Abstract

Purpose: To assess risk factors for fractures, including clinical, laboratory and dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) parameters (bone mass, trabecular bone score-TBS, muscle mass) in women with established rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Methods: Three hundred females with RA (ACR, 2010) were studied. Clinical data were obtained by questionnaire and disease activity by composite indices (DAS28, CDAI, SDAI), C-reactive protein (CRP) and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR). Bone mineral density (BMD), TBS, body composition and Vertebral Fracture Assessment (VFA) were performed by DXA. Logistic regression models were constructed to identify factors independently associated with vertebral (VF) and non-vertebral fractures (NVF), separately.

Results: Through rigorous eligibility criteria, a total of 265 women were yielded for final data analysis (median age, 55 [22-86] years; mean disease duration, 16.2 years). Prevalence of VF and NVF were 30.6% and 17.4%, respectively. In multivariate analyzes, TBS (OR = 1.6, 95%CI = 1.09-2.36, p = 0.017), CRP (OR = 1.54, 95%CI = 1.15-2.08, p = 0.004), and parathormone (OR = 1.24, 95%CI = 1.05-1.45, p = 0.009) were risk factors for VF, whereas low appendicular muscle mass (OR = 2.71; 95%CI = 1.01-7,28; p = 0.048), body mass index (BMI) (OR = 0.90, 95%CI = 0.82-0.99; p = 0.025), ESR (OR = 1.18, 95%CI = 1.01-1,38, p = 0,038) and hip BMD (OR = 1.82, 95%CI = 1.10-3.03, p = 0.02) were associated with NVF.

Conclusion: In women with long-term RA, markers of fractures differed between distinct skeletal sites (vertebral and non-vertebral). The magnitude of association of bone/muscle parameters with fracture (TBS for VF and appendicular muscle mass for NVF) was greater than that of the association between RA activity and fracture. TBS seems to have greater discriminative power than BMD to identify subjects with VF in long-standing RA.

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