ArticleRheumatology international2008
Bone mineral density is not related to severity of osteoarthritis in the knee in postmenopausal women.
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- [Correlation Between Osteoarthritis and Osteoporosis in Men].Sichuan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Sichuan University. Medical science edition · 2023Article
- Sex- and Age-Related Dynamic Changes of the Macroelements Content in the Femoral Bone with Hip Osteoarthritis.Biology · 2022Article
- Association of osteoporosis and varus inclination of the tibial plateau in postmenopausal women with advanced osteoarthritis of the knee.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2021Article
- Correlation between weight-bearing asymmetry and bone mineral density in patients with bilateral knee osteoarthritis.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2021Article
- Knee Osteoarthritis Grade does not Correlate with Quadriceps Muscle Strength or Bone Properties of the Calcaneus in Men Aged 80 Years or More who Can Walk independently.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- The relationship of platelet to lymphocyte ratio and neutrophil to monocyte ratio to radiographic grades of knee osteoarthritis.Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie · 2018Article
- Effect of Posterior Cruciate Ligament Rupture on Biomechanical and Histological Features of Lateral Femoral Condyle.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2016Article
- Spontaneous Osteonecrosis of the Knee: A Retrospective Analysis by Using MRI and DEXA.The open orthopaedics journal · 2016Article
- The Relationship between Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis of the Knee: A Report of 2 Cases with Suspected Osteonecrosis.Case reports in orthopedics · 2014Article
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- Factors affecting bone mineral density in men.Rheumatology international · 2009Article
- Underestimated fracture probability in patients with unilateral hip osteoarthritis as calculated by FRAX.Journal of clinical densitometry : the official journal of the International Society for Clinical DensitometryArticle
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Abstract
Although some studies have suggested that osteoporosis and osteoarthritis are inversely related in epidemiologic terms, a spectrum of relations between the two diseases has been described in this study. In 95 postmenopausal women (mean age 64.4 +/- 8.49 years, range 49-83 years), we investigated the relation between bone mineral density (BMD) in the femoral neck and lumbar vertebrae (L2-L4) and osteoarthritis in the knee. BMD was measured with dual X-ray absorptiometry. Osteoarthritis was evaluated with anterior-posterior weight-bearing radiographs with the knee in extension, and these were graded for severity on a 5-point scale according to the Kellgren-Lawrence criteria. We found no clear statistical relation between BMD in the femoral neck or lumbar vertebrae and osteoarthritis in the knee. Given that some studies have found BMD to be significantly higher in patients with osteoarthritis, the lack of such relation in our patients may be due to environmental and/or genetic factors.
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