A Cross-Sectional Study of the Association between Autoantibodies and Qualitative Ultrasound Index of Bone in an Elderly Sample without Clinical Autoimmune Disease
Table 1
Autoimmune conditions and chronic diseases for exclusion.
ANA related
Lupus, SLE
Sjogren’s syndrome
Scleroderma, CREST
Myositis: polymyositis, dermatomyositis
Autoimmune liver disease
Primary biliary cirrhosis
Polyarteritis nodosa
Cancer now (malignancy in last 5 years approximately)
Cancer ever (only melanoma included from skin cancers)
(Active) chronic infection (hepatitis A, hepatitis C)
ANCA related
Vasculitis
Wegener’s
Churg-Strauss
Polyangiitis: microscopic polyangiitis, granulomatosis polyangiitis, eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis colitis
