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Risk factors for osteoporosis in liver cirrhosis patients measured by transient elastography.
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- Prevalent osteoporosis and fracture risk in patients with hepatic cirrhosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC gastroenterology · 2025Pooled it
- Primary Biliary Cholangitis-associated Osteoporosis: Contemporary Review of Pathogenesis and Management.Journal of clinical and translational hepatology · 2026Review
- [Animal Modeling of Osteoporosis Combined With Liver Cirrhosis and Preliminary Investigation of the Comorbidity Mechanisms].Sichuan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Sichuan University. Medical science edition · 2025Article
- The Incidence of Osteoporosis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients Under 65: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Cureus · 2025Article
- Alcoholic Liver Disease in China: A Disease Influenced by Complex Social Factors That Should Not Be Neglected.Journal of clinical and translational hepatology · 2024Review
- Genetic evidence of the causal relationship between chronic liver diseases and musculoskeletal disorders.Journal of translational medicine · 2024Article
- An Overview of the Molecular Mechanisms Contributing to Musculoskeletal Disorders in Chronic Liver Disease: Osteoporosis, Sarcopenia, and Osteoporotic Sarcopenia.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Review
- Protective Effects of Methoxsalen Supplementation on Chronic Alcohol-Induced Osteopenia and Steatosis in Rats.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Association of Polymorphisms in RANK and RANKL Genes with Osteopenia in Arab Postmenopausal Women.Disease markers · 2020Article
- Bone Diseases in Patients with Chronic Liver Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2019Review
- Risk factors associated with hepatic osteopathy in HBV related cirrhosis measured by liver stiffness: An Observational study.Medicine · 2019Observational
- Investigation of the influential factors for hepatic osteodystrophy in chronic liver disease: A case-control survey among the patients attending a tertiary care hospital in a rural region of Northern India.Tzu chi medical journalArticle
- High Prevalence of Hormonal Changes and Hepatic Osteodystrophy in Frail Patients with Cirrhosis-An Observational Study.Journal of clinical and experimental hepatologyArticle
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Abstract
Osteoporosis or osteopenia is a common complication in patients with cirrhosis, but little is known about the risk factors for the occurrence of osteoporosis.Patients with liver cirrhosis due to chronic virus infection and alcoholic abuse were enrolled. Bone mineral density (BMD) was determined using dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA). Osteoporosis was diagnosed according to WHO criteria. The severity of liver stiffness was measured by Fibroscan. Demographic data, such as age, gender, weight, height, and body mass index (BMI), were collected. Logistic regression analysis was used to recognize the risk factors of osteoporosis in patients with cirrhosis.A total of 446 patients were included in this study: 217 had liver cirrhosis (male, 74.2%; mean age, 57.2 ± 10.27) and 229 were matched controls (male, 69%, mean age, 56.69 ± 9.37). Osteoporosis was found in 44 patients (44/217, 20.3%). The spine and hip BMD in cirrhotic patients were significantly lower than that in controls. When the cirrhotic and control subjects were stratified by age, gender, and BMI, the significant difference was also observed in women patients, patients older than 60, and patients with BMI < 18. Multivariate analysis showed that the older age [odds ratio (OR) = 1.78, P = .046], lower BMI (OR = 0.63, P = .049), greater fibroscan score (OR = 1.15, P = .009), and liver cirrhosis induced by alcohol liver disease (OR = 3.42, P < .001) were independently associated with osteoporosis in cirrhotic patients.Osteoporosis occurred in about one-fifth of patients with liver cirrhosis, which was associated with age, BMI, Fibroscan score, and alcohol liver disease related liver cirrhosis.
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