[Bone mineral density in patients with Crohn's disease. Contribution of bone densitometry in 53 cases].

Abstract

Fifty-three patients with Crohn disease were included in a prospective study. Bone mineral density was measured at the femoral neck and lumbar spine by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. Ten variables were analyzed in search of an association with bone demineralization; Age, sex, nutritional state, smoking, duration of the disease, hormonal status, inflammatory syndrome, site of disease: ileal, colic or ileocolic, accumulated doses of corticoids and intestinal resection. A bone demineralization was observed in 58.5% of cases. The ileum location and the corticothérapie were predictives of bone demineralization. Crohn disease is a disease at high risk of bone demineralization. Predictors of the bone loss were smoking, long duration of the disease, ileal site and systematic corticotherapy.

• Authors: Slim Bouzaïdi, Maher Ben Salem, Nejla Mnif, Imeddeddine Ben Hammouda, Jamel Ben Yedder, Senda Trabelsi, Amel Moussa, Yassine Jemaa, Radhouane Debbech, Mohamed Salem, Taoufik Najjar, Radhi Hamza
• Journal: La Tunisie medicale (Tunis Med) Vol. 82 Issue 8 Pg. 753-9 (Aug 2004) ISSN: 0041-4131 [Print] Tunisia
• Vernacular Title: La densite minerale osseuse au cours de la maladie de Crohn: apport de l'osteodensitometrie chez 53 patients.
• PMID: 15532771 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Absorptiometry, Photon
• Adult
• Bone Density
• Crohn Disease (pathology)
• Female
• Humans
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Prospective Studies