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Association between bone turnover markers, clinical variables, spinal syndesmophytes and bone mineral density in Mexican patients with ankylosing spondylitis.
Scand J Rheumatol
November 2016
m Department of Internal Medicine-Rheumatology , Hospital General Regional 110, IMSS, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico and CUCS University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara , Jalisco , Mexico.
Objectives: To compare bone turnover marker (BTM) levels and bone mineral density (BMD) between patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and healthy controls (HC) and to evaluate, in AS, the association between BTM levels and clinical variables, spinal syndesmophytes, and BMD using multivariate analysis.
Method: Seventy-eight AS patients were compared with 58 HC matched by gender. Spinal syndesmophytes in AS and other characteristics were assessed.