ArticleRenal failure2026
Computed tomography-measured trabecular attenuation at first lumbar vertebra as a surrogate marker of bone mineral density and osteoporosis in patients undergoing hemodialysis.
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- Effects of Dialysate Calcium Concentration on Bone, Mineral Metabolism, and Vascular Outcomes in Maintenance Hemodialysis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- A combined score based on anterior chest wall CT attenuation to aid recognition of SAPHO syndrome: a training-validation study.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
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Abstract
The risk of fractures and osteoporosis is higher in patients on hemodialysis than in the general population. We examined the association between computed tomography (CT)-measured trabecular attenuation at the first lumbar vertebra (L1 CT-attenuation), bone mineral density (BMD), and osteoporosis in patients on hemodialysis. We retrospectively included Japanese patients on hemodialysis who underwent non-enhanced abdominal CT and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) analyses as part of a medical checkup between April 2019 and March 2021. L1 CT-attenuation (Hounsfield units, HU) and BMD of the femoral neck and lumbar spine were measured. We analyzed associations between L1 CT-attenuation and BMD and examined its diagnostic accuracy and odds ratio for detecting osteoporosis, defined as a DEXA T-score of < -2.5 at either site. A total of 119 patients (mean age: 67.2 years; men; 63.0%; body mass index [BMI]: 22.4 ± 3.9 kg/m
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