Abstracts tagged "Bone density and metabolic syndrome"

Abstract Number: 921 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Association Between Metabolic Syndrome and Bone Mineral Density in a Community-Dwelling Older Women: The São Paulo Ageing & Health Study (SPAH)
Luana G. Machado¹, Diogo S. Domiciano², Jaqueline B. Lopes¹, Camille P. Figueiredo¹, Valéria Caparbo³, Liliam Takayama¹ and Rosa M.R. Pereira³, ¹Rheumatology Division, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ²Rheumatology, Faculdade de Medicina, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ³Rheumatology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Recent studies have shown a link between metabolic syndrome (MS) and bone mass. However, these results are uncertain about the positive/negative effect of the…