Abstracts tagged "dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) and osteoarthritis"

Abstract Number: 2201 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Baseline Periarticular Tibial Knee Bone Mineral Density Is Associated with Change in Static Alignment
Grace H. Lo¹, Jeffrey B. Driban², Michael T. Strayhorn³, Lori Lyn Price⁴, Charles Eaton⁵ and Timothy E. McAlindon⁶, ¹Immunology, Allergy, Rheumatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²Rheumatology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, ³VA HSR&D Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety; Department of Medicine, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ⁴Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Tufts University, Boston, MA, ⁵Family Medicine and Epidemiology, Warren Alpert Medical School, School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, RI, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Relative local knee periarticular bone mineral density (paBMD) as measured by dual x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) has been associated with static alignment cross-sectionally, but not…