The Influence of Menopause and Inflammation on Redox Status and Bone Mineral Density in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Table 4

BMD according to DXA.

Subjects’ characteristics	Healthy controls		Rheumatoid patients
	Premenopausal control (1)	Postmenopausal control (2)	Premenopausal patient (3)	Postmenopausal patient (4)
Normal BMD	10 (71.4%)	15 (44.1%)	4 (36.4%)	3 (9.7%)
Osteopenia	4 (28.6%)	14 (41.2%)	7 (63.6%)	22 (71.0%)
Osteoporosis	/	5 (14.7%)	/	6 (19.3%)

The values are expressed as number (percent). BMD: bone mineral density.