Assessment of Low Bone Mineral Density in Untreated Patients with Takayasu’s Arteritis

Table 2

BMD and bone turnover markers in TA patients and healthy controls.

Variable	TA ()	Healthy controls ()	value
25OHD^#	10.30 (7.83~13.69)	16.00 (11.75~21.93)	0.000
β-CTX^#	527.50 (372.00~617.48)	380.63 (257.10~468.08)	0.001
BMD L1-L4 (g/cm^2)			0.002
BMD total hip (g/cm^2)^#	0.93 (0.87~0.99)	0.93 (0.87~1.04)	0.456
Number of LBMD^$	7 (17.50%)	2 (3.33%)	0.028

The Student -test; ^#Mann-Whitney -test; ^$Fisher’s exact test. TA = Takayasu’s arteritis; BMD = bone mineral density; 25OHD = 25-hydroxyvitamin D; β-CTX = β-cross-linked C-telopeptide of type 1 collagen; LBMD = low bone mineral density.