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ReviewNature reviews. Rheumatology2024

Osteoporosis and fracture risk are multifactorial in patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases.

Frank Buttgereit, Andriko Palmowski, Milena Bond, Giovanni Adami, Christian Dejaco

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Review in Nature reviews. Rheumatology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

47 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  6. Bone Health in Rheumatoid Arthritis: An Update.Current rheumatology reports · 2026
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  9. Risk of fracture among patients with rheumatoid arthritis according to serological status: a population-based retrospective cohort study.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2026
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  11. Romosozumab versus teriparatide and risk of all-cause mortality in patients with osteoporosis: a real-world propensity score-matched cohort study.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2026
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  12. Gαi1/3 Is a Novel Regulatory Target for RANKL Signal Transduction and Osteoporosis.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  13. [Methotrexate osteopathy-a critical review].Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie · 2026
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  17. Radiofrequency Echographic Multi Spectrometry (REMS) for the evaluation of bone health in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2026
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  20. Skeletal effects of JAK1/2 inhibition versuFrontiers in pharmacology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Frank Buttgereit *Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology at Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany. frank.buttgereit@charite.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2534-550X
Andriko Palmowski *Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology at Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Milena BondDepartment of Rheumatology, Hospital of Bruneck (ASAA-SABES), Teaching Hospital of the Paracelsus Medical University, Bruneck, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5400-2955
Giovanni AdamiRheumatology Unit, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8915-0755
Christian DejacoDepartment of Rheumatology, Hospital of Bruneck (ASAA-SABES), Teaching Hospital of the Paracelsus Medical University, Bruneck, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0173-0668

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patients with inflammatory rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (iRMDs) such as rheumatoid arthritis, connective tissue diseases, vasculitides and spondyloarthropathies are at a higher risk of osteoporosis and fractures than are individuals without iRMDs. Research and management recommendations for osteoporosis in iRMDs often focus on glucocorticoids as the most relevant risk factor, but they largely ignore disease-related and general risk factors. However, the aetiopathogenesis of osteoporosis in iRMDs has many facets, including the negative effects on bone health of local and systemic inflammation owing to disease activity, other iRMD-specific risk factors such as disability or malnutrition (for example, malabsorption in systemic sclerosis), and general risk factors such as older age and hormonal loss resulting from menopause. Moreover, factors that can reduce fracture risk, such as physical activity, healthy nutrition, vitamin D supplementation and adequate treatment of inflammation, are variably present in patients with iRMDs. Evidence relating to general and iRMD-specific protective and risk factors for osteoporosis indicate that the established and very often used term 'glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis' oversimplifies the complex inter-relationships encountered in patients with iRMDs. Osteoporosis in these patients should instead be described as 'multifactorial'. Consequently, a multimodal approach to the management of osteoporosis is required. This approach should include optimal control of disease activity, minimization of glucocorticoids, anti-osteoporotic drug treatment, advice on physical activity and nutrition, and prevention of falls, as well as the management of other risk and protective factors, thereby improving the bone health of these patients.

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OsteoporosisRheumatic DiseasesFractures, BoneGlucocorticoidsHumansOsteoporotic FracturesRisk FactorsGlucocorticoids

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