Bone Mineral Density
Baseline BMD T-score crucial when determining initial osteoporosis therapy
Health care professionals should assess baseline bone mineral density in patients with osteoporosis before determining first-line therapy, researchers report.
Low-calorie Mediterranean diet, physical activity may slow BMD decline for older women
Older adults eating an energy-reduced Mediterranean diet and partaking in a physical activity intervention had higher bone mineral density at the lumbar spine at 3 years than those eating an ad libitum Mediterranean diet, researchers wrote.
Three osteoporosis risk assessment tools underperform in younger postmenopausal women
Three risk assessment tools struggled to detect osteoporosis based on bone mineral density T-scores among women aged 50 to 64 years, researchers reported in a study published in JAMA Network Open.
Baseline BMD T-score can help determine first-line therapy for women with osteoporosis
Women with osteoporosis have at least a 50% chance of reaching their target bone mineral density at 3 years if they have a BMD T-score of at least –2.8 at the total hip or –3.1 at the lumbar spine at baseline, according to study findings.
Zoledronate infusions every 5 years may lower fracture risk for early postmenopausal women
Early postmenopausal women who receive zoledronate every 5 years have a lower risk for morphometric vertebral fractures than those receiving placebo, according to trial findings published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Triamcinolone, methylprednisolone avoid prednisone’s fracture risk ‘trap’ in lupus
WASHINGTON — Although even low-dose prednisone significantly increases the risk for fracture in systemic lupus erythematosus, there is no increased risk from intramuscular triamcinolone or intravenous methylprednisolone, said a speaker.
Men, younger women with systemic sclerosis have lower bone mineral density vs controls
Patients with systemic sclerosis demonstrate lower bone mineral density compared with the general population, with significant differences reported in women aged younger than 45 years, according to data published in Rheumatology.
Mental illness may be associated with fragility fractures, undiagnosed osteoporosis
According to published results, severe mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, may be risk factors for decreased bone mineral density, fragility fractures and undiagnosed osteoporosis.
Novel prediction model may accurately assess 5-year hip fracture risk
A novel clinical prediction model accurately assessed the 5-year hip fracture risk among the Swedish population without data on bone density, according to published results.
Loss of lean soft tissue may correlate with BMD changes for some adults with CKD
Changes in body composition may correlate with bone mineral density fluctuations in non-dialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease, according to a cohort study.