BACKGROUND: Loss of bone mass is a known complication of chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in children. The gold standard in the evaluation of bone mineral density (BMD) is dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). OBJECTIVE: In this preliminary study we evaluated digital X-ray radiogrammetry (DXR) which estimates BMD (DXR-BMD) from hand radiographs in children with IBD. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 26 children with IBD (10 girls, 16 boys; age range 10-18 years) underwent DXR for the calculation of DXR-BMD and metacarpal index (DXR-MCI) using the Pronosco X-posure system. The results were compared with a local reference database and correlated with the results of DXA. RESULTS: DXR-BMD was 0.36-0.56 g/cm(2) (median 0.46 g/cm(2)) in Crohn disease patients and 0.38-0.63 g/cm(2) (median 0.48 g/cm(2)) in ulcerative colitis patients. DXR-MCI was 0.29-0.49 in Crohn disease patients and 0.28-0.53 in ulcerative colitis patients. The Z-scores were reduced to <-1 SD in five Crohn disease patients and in six ulcerative colitis patients. The coefficients (r) for the correlations between DXR-BMD and DXA-BMD were 0.78 for the lumbar spine and 0.61 for the proximal femur (P<0.01), and between DXR-MCI and DXA-BMD were 0.78 for the lumbar spine and 0.51 for the proximal femur (P<0.01). CONCLUSIONS: DXR seems to be able to estimate cortical osteopenia in children with chronic IBD. The DXR results showed a positive correlation with DXA results.
BACKGROUND: Loss of bone mass is a known complication of chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in children. The gold standard in the evaluation of bone mineral density (BMD) is dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). OBJECTIVE: In this preliminary study we evaluated digital X-ray radiogrammetry (DXR) which estimates BMD (DXR-BMD) from hand radiographs in children with IBD. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 26 children with IBD (10 girls, 16 boys; age range 10-18 years) underwent DXR for the calculation of DXR-BMD and metacarpal index (DXR-MCI) using the Pronosco X-posure system. The results were compared with a local reference database and correlated with the results of DXA. RESULTS: DXR-BMD was 0.36-0.56 g/cm(2) (median 0.46 g/cm(2)) in Crohn diseasepatients and 0.38-0.63 g/cm(2) (median 0.48 g/cm(2)) in ulcerative colitispatients. DXR-MCI was 0.29-0.49 in Crohn diseasepatients and 0.28-0.53 in ulcerative colitispatients. The Z-scores were reduced to <-1 SD in five Crohn diseasepatients and in six ulcerative colitispatients. The coefficients (r) for the correlations between DXR-BMD and DXA-BMD were 0.78 for the lumbar spine and 0.61 for the proximal femur (P<0.01), and between DXR-MCI and DXA-BMD were 0.78 for the lumbar spine and 0.51 for the proximal femur (P<0.01). CONCLUSIONS: DXR seems to be able to estimate cortical osteopenia in children with chronic IBD. The DXR results showed a positive correlation with DXA results.
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