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ArticleJournal of immunology research2018

A Cross-Sectional Study of the Association between Autoantibodies and Qualitative Ultrasound Index of Bone in an Elderly Sample without Clinical Autoimmune Disease.

Rosebella A Iseme, Mark McEvoy, Brian Kelly, Linda Agnew, Frederick R Walker, Michael Boyle, John Attia

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Article in Journal of immunology research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Rosebella A IsemeDepartment of Population and Reproductive Health, School of Public Health, Kenyatta University, P.O. Box 43844, Nairobi 00100, Kenya.ORCID 0000-0003-2043-5223
Mark McEvoySchool of Medicine & Public Health, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia.
Brian KellySchool of Medicine & Public Health, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia.
Linda AgnewBrain Behaviour Research Group, School of Science and Technology, University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia.
Frederick R WalkerSchool of Medicine & Public Health, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia.
Michael BoyleSchool of Medicine & Public Health, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia.
John AttiaSchool of Medicine & Public Health, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-9800-1308
John Hunter Hospital · AUUniversity of Newcastle Australia · AUHunter Medical Research Institute · AUKenyatta University · KEUniversity of New England · AU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bone loss is characteristic of the ageing process and a common complication of many autoimmune diseases. Research has highlighted a potential role of autoantibodies in pathologic bone loss. The confounding effects of immunomodulatory drugs make it difficult to establish the contribution of autoantibodies amongst autoimmune disease sufferers. We attempted to examine the relationship between autoantibodies and bone mass in a population of 2812 elderly participants without clinical autoimmune disease. Serum samples were assayed for a panel of autoantibodies (anti-nuclear, extractable nuclear antigen, anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic, thyroid peroxidase, tissue transglutaminase, anti-cardiolipin, rheumatoid factor, and cyclic citrullinated peptide). Bone mass was measured using quantitative ultrasound (QUS) of the calcaneus. The relationship between each autoantibody and bone mass was determined using linear regression models. Anti-nuclear autoantibodies were the most prevalent, positive in approximately 11%, and borderline in roughly 23% of our sample. They were also the only autoantibody observed to be significantly associated with QUS index in the univariate analysis (

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AgedAged, 80 and overAutoantibodiesAutoimmune DiseasesBone and BonesBone DensityCross-Sectional StudiesEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedOsteoporosisUltrasonographyAutoantibodies

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