Research Article
Assessment of Low Bone Mineral Density in Untreated Patients with Takayasu’s Arteritis
Table 3
Characteristics of TA patients with normal BMD or with LBMD at the lumbar spine or total hip.
| | Variable | Normal BMD () | LBMD () | value |
| | Age (years) | | | 0.223 | | BMI (g/cm2) | | | 0.522 | | Disease duration (months)# | 6.00 (1.00~18.00) | 1.00 (1.00~36.00) | 0.419 | | ESR (mm/h)# | 27.00 (16.50~67.00) | 51.00 (7.00~65.00) | 0.929 | | CRP (mg/L)# | 10.10 (0~32.20) | 16.40 (0~32.10) | 0.730 | | KERR# | 3 (2~3) | 3 (2~3) | 0.775 | | ITAS2010 | | | 0.270 | | 25OHD# | 9.20 (7.25~12.31) | 14.02 (10.33~17.79) | 0.057 | | β-CTX# | 513.30 (372.60~597.20) | 563.10 (289.20~1049.00) | 0.403 | | TC (mmol/L)# | 2.68 (3.21~3.64) | 4.21 (3.85~5.00) | 0.001 | | LDL-C (mmol/L) | | | 0.000 | | HDL-C (mmol/L) | | | 0.008 | | TG (mmol/L)# | 0.79 (0.61~1.14) | 0.91 (0.80~1.71) | 0.176 |
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CRP = C-reactive protein; ESR = erythrocyte sedimentation rate; TC = total cholesterol; LDL-C = low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C = high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; TG = triglyceride; ITAS2010 = Indian Takayasu Clinical Activity Score. The Student -test; #Mann-Whitney -test. |
