title: [Relationship between changes in brachiocephalic arteries and osteoporosis in women with rheumatoid arthritis].
abstract: This study included 50 women with rheumatoid arthritis (mean age of 50.6 +/- 6.4 years) examined by duplex scanning of brachiocephalic arteries and double-energy X-ray absorptiometry. 56% of patients had changes in brachiocephalic arteries, 62 % suffered osteoporosis and osteopenia. The inverse relationship between the thickness of the intima-media complex of brachiocephalic arteries and bone mineral density in the proximal part of the femur and lumbar spine was documented.
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Sineglazova
authors.forename: O F
authors.initials: OF
authors.lastname: Kalev
mesh_terms: D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D050197:Atherosclerosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016122:Brachiocephalic Trunk / Q000473:pathology*; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D017539:Tunica Intima / Q000473:pathology*