title: [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.affiliation: Service de gastro-entérologie, Hôpital Charles Nicolle, Tunis.
authors.forename: Slim
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bouzaïdi
authors.forename: Maher
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ben Salem
authors.forename: Nejla
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mnif
authors.forename: Imeddeddine
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ben Hammouda
authors.forename: Jamel
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ben Yedder
authors.forename: Senda
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Trabelsi
authors.forename: Amel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moussa
authors.forename: Yassine
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jemaa
authors.forename: Radhouane
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Debbech
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Salem
authors.forename: Taoufik
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Najjar
authors.forename: Radhi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hamza
mesh_terms: D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon; D000328:Adult; D015519:Bone Density; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies