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Prevalence and Factors of Osteoporosis and High Risk of Osteoporotic Fracture in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Multicenter Comparative Study of Bone Mineral Density and the Fracture Risk Assessment Tool

Journal of Clinical Medicine, ISSN: 2077-0383, Vol: 11, Issue: 10
2022
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Background: We investigated the prevalence of and the factors associated with a high risk of osteoporotic fractures in Korean patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Methods: This was a multicenter, retrospective study including 219 AS patients from five university hospitals; the control group was selected by matching age and sex with those of the AS patients. The fracture risk was evaluated based on bone mineral density (BMD) measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and the fracture risk assessment tool (FRAX) with/without BMD. Results: The mean age of the patients was 47.6 years, and 144 (65.8%) patients were men. According to the WHO criteria and FRAX with/without BMD, the candidates for pharmacological treatment were 44 (20.1%), 20 (13.2%), and 23 (15.1%) patients, respectively, significantly more than those in the healthy control group. Among them, the proportion of patients receiving osteoporosis treatment was 39.1–75%. In logistic regression analysis, menopause was an independent factor for the high risk of fracture according to the WHO criteria and FRAX with/without BMD. C-reactive protein level (odds ratio (OR) 3.8 and OR 6) and glucocorticoid use (OR 1.5 and OR 1.7) were associated with a high risk of osteoporotic fracture based on FRAX without BMD and osteoporosis diagnosed according to the WHO criteria. Conclusions: Our study suggests that both FRAX and WHO criteria may be complementary for treatment decisions to reduce osteoporotic fractures in patients with AS.

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Kim, Ji-Won; Park, Sunghoon; Jung, Ju-Yang; Kim, Hyoun-Ah; Kwon, Seong-Ryul; Choi, Sang Tae; Kim, Sung-Soo; Kim, Sang-Hyeon; Suh, Chang-Hee

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