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Evaluating osteoporotic fracture risk with the Fracture Risk Assessment Tool in Chinese patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
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- The prevalence of osteoporosis in rheumatoid arthritis patient: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2022Pooled it
- Prevalence and Predictors of Osteoporosis Among Saudi Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Single-Center Cross-Sectional Study.Open access rheumatology : research and reviews · 2026Article
- Association between trabecular bone score, 10-year probability risk for fracture, and vertebral fractures in rheumatoid arthritis.Bone reports · 2024Article
- Validating the Fracture Risk Assessment Tool Score in a US Population-Based Study of Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis.The Journal of rheumatology · 2023Article
- The Influence of Rheumatoid Arthritis on Higher Reoperation Rates over Time Following Lumbar Spinal Fusion-A Nationwide Cohort Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
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- Establishment of a preliminary FRAX®-based intervention threshold for rheumatoid arthritis-associated fragility fracture: a 3-year longitudinal, observational, cohort study.Therapeutic advances in chronic disease · 2022Article
- FRAX scores are increased in patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis.International urology and nephrology · 2021Article
- Intervention Thresholds for Treatment in Patients with Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis: Systematic Review of Guidelines.Journal of bone metabolism · 2020Article
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- Surgical Management of the Lumbar Spine in Rheumatoid Arthritis.Global spine journal · 2020Article
- Study of vertebral fracture and Scanographic Bone Attenuation Coefficient in rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis vs. controls.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- The association between 10-year fracture risk by FRAX and osteoporotic fractures with disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.Clinical rheumatology · 2018Article
- Male patients with rheumatoid arthritis have an increased risk of osteoporosis: Frequency and risk factors.Medicine · 2018Observational
- Tocilizumab potentially prevents bone loss in patients with anticitrullinated protein antibody-positive rheumatoid arthritis.PloS one · 2017Article
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Abstract
This study aims to evaluate the discriminative and predictive capacity of the Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX) to determine the 10-year risk of osteoporotic fracture in Chinese rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients.This study included 168 RA patients and 168 healthy individuals as controls. The Chinese mainland FRAX model was applied to calculate the 10-year risk of osteoporotic fractures, defined as fracture of the spine, forearm, hip, or shoulder.The incidence of osteoporosis was significantly increased in RA patients compared to controls (P < .05). Bone mineral density (BMD), lumbar vertebra T-score, and femoral neck T-score were significantly lower in RA patients compared to controls (P < .05). BMD, disease duration, DAS28, and glucocorticoid use were important risk factors for osteoporotic fractures in Chinese RA patients. Ten-year osteoporotic fracture risk in Chinese RA patients was higher when BMD was incorporated in FRAX.There was a higher incidence of osteoporosis and reduced BMD in RA patients compared to controls. The FRAX model should integrate femoral neck BMD with other risk factors to evaluate osteoporotic fracture risk in RA patients, making it a valuable screening tool.
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