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  • Title: Changes in cortical microarchitecture are independent of areal bone mineral density in patients with fragility fractures.
    Author: Mussawy H, Ferrari G, Schmidt FN, Schmidt T, Rolvien T, Hischke S, Rüther W, Amling M.
    Journal: Injury; 2017 Nov; 48(11):2461-2465. PubMed ID: 28882378.
    Abstract:
    Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography (HR-pQCT) are commonly used to assess the areal bone mineral density (aBMD) and peripheral microstructure, respectively. While DXA is the standard to diagnose osteoporosis, HR-pQCT provides information about the cortical and trabecular architecture. Many fragility fractures occur in patients who do not meet the osteoporosis criterion (i.e., T-score≤-2.5). We hypothesize that patients with T-score above -2.5 and fragility fracture may have abnormal bone microarchitecture. Therefore, in this retrospective clinical study, HR-pQCT data obtained from patients with fragility fractures and T-scores≥-2.5 (n=71) were compared to corresponding data from patients with fragility fractures and T-scores≤-3.5 (n=56). Types of secondary osteoporosis were excluded from the study. To verify the dependency of alterations in bone microarchitecture and T-score, the association between HR-pQCT values and aBMD as reflected by the T-score at both proximal femora, was assessed. At the distal tibia, cortical thickness was lower (p<0.001), cortical porosity was similar (p=0.61), trabecular number was higher (p<0.001), and bone volume fraction (BV/TV) was higher (p<0.001) in patients with T-scores≥-2.5 than in patients with T-scores≤-3.5. Trabecular number and BV/TV correlated with T-score (r=0.68, p<0.001; r=0.61, p<0.001), whereas the cortical values did not. Our results thus demonstrate the importance of bone structure, as assessed by HR-pQCT, in addition to the standard DXA T-score in the diagnosis of osteoporosis.
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