The relationship between bath indexes and osteoporosis in male patients with axial ankylosing spondylitis

Karapolat H., EYİGÖR S., AKKOÇ Y., KİRAZLI Y., SARI İ., Akar S., ...More

ROMATIZMA-RHEUMATISM, vol.23, no.3, pp.82-86, 2008 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 23 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2008
  • Journal Name: ROMATIZMA-RHEUMATISM
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.82-86
  • Keywords: ankylosing spondylitis, osteoporosis, BONE-MINERAL DENSITY, DISEASE-ACTIVITY INDEX, TURNOVER MARKERS, BODY-COMPOSITION, MILD, MASS, RELIABILITY, ULTRASOUND, FRACTURES, VALIDITY
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: Osteoporosis is a common complication of patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). There is no avaible data for the indications of bone mineral density (BMD) measurement related to osteoporosis diagnosis at AS patients. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between Bath indexes and BMD in patients with AS.