[Bone mineral density in patients with Crohn's disease. Contribution of bone densitometry in 53 cases].
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.
Bouzaïdi
Slim
S
Service de gastro-entérologie, Hôpital Charles Nicolle, Tunis.
Ben Salem
Maher
M
Mnif
Nejla
N
Ben Hammouda
Imeddeddine
I
Ben Yedder
Jamel
J
Trabelsi
Senda
S
Moussa
Amel
A
Jemaa
Yassine
Y
Debbech
Radhouane
R
Salem
Mohamed
M
Najjar
Taoufik
T
Hamza
Radhi
R
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