SUMMARY: Small studies have previously suggested that sarcoidosis may be associated with low bone mineral density. In this observational study of 64 patients with sarcoidosis, bone mineral density was within the normal range at baseline, and there was no evidence of accelerated bone loss over 1-2 years. INTRODUCTION: Several small studies have suggested that sarcoidosis may be associated with low bone mineral density (BMD). METHODS: We undertook a cross-sectional study of BMD in 64 patients with sarcoidosis. Of these, 27 with 25-hydroxyvitamin D<50 nmol/L entered a 1-year intervention study of vitamin D supplements, and 37 entered a 2-year longitudinal study of BMD, with the primary endpoint of the change in lumbar spine BMD. RESULTS: The mean age of participants was 58 years, 68% were female, and 8% were currently using oral glucocorticoids. At baseline, BMD for the entire cohort was greater than the expected values for the population at the lumbar spine (mean Z-score 0.7, P<0.001) and total body (0.5, P<0.001) and similar to expected values at the femoral neck (0.2, P=0.14) and total hip (0.2, P=0.14). BMD did not change at any of these four sites (P>0.19) over 2 years in the longitudinal study. In the intervention study, vitamin D supplements had no effect on BMD, and therefore we pooled the data from all participants. BMD did not change over 1 year at the spine, total hip, or femoral neck (P>0.3), but decreased by 0.7% (95% confidence interval 0.3-1.1) at the total body (P=0.019). CONCLUSIONS: BMD was normal at baseline, and there was no consistent evidence of accelerated bone loss over 1-2 years, regardless of baseline vitamin D status. Patients with sarcoidosis not using oral glucocorticoids do not need routine monitoring of BMD.
SUMMARY: Small studies have previously suggested that sarcoidosis may be associated with low bone mineral density. In this observational study of 64 patients with sarcoidosis, bone mineral density was within the normal range at baseline, and there was no evidence of accelerated bone loss over 1-2 years. INTRODUCTION: Several small studies have suggested that sarcoidosis may be associated with low bone mineral density (BMD). METHODS: We undertook a cross-sectional study of BMD in 64 patients with sarcoidosis. Of these, 27 with 25-hydroxyvitamin D<50 nmol/L entered a 1-year intervention study of vitamin D supplements, and 37 entered a 2-year longitudinal study of BMD, with the primary endpoint of the change in lumbar spine BMD. RESULTS: The mean age of participants was 58 years, 68% were female, and 8% were currently using oral glucocorticoids. At baseline, BMD for the entire cohort was greater than the expected values for the population at the lumbar spine (mean Z-score 0.7, P<0.001) and total body (0.5, P<0.001) and similar to expected values at the femoral neck (0.2, P=0.14) and total hip (0.2, P=0.14). BMD did not change at any of these four sites (P>0.19) over 2 years in the longitudinal study. In the intervention study, vitamin D supplements had no effect on BMD, and therefore we pooled the data from all participants. BMD did not change over 1 year at the spine, total hip, or femoral neck (P>0.3), but decreased by 0.7% (95% confidence interval 0.3-1.1) at the total body (P=0.019). CONCLUSIONS: BMD was normal at baseline, and there was no consistent evidence of accelerated bone loss over 1-2 years, regardless of baseline vitamin D status. Patients with sarcoidosis not using oral glucocorticoids do not need routine monitoring of BMD.
Authors: A Caroline Heijckmann; Maya S P Huijberts; Jolanda De Vries; Paul P C A Menheere; Eveline Van Der Veer; Arie C Nieuwenhuijzen Kruseman; Bruce H R Wolffenbuttel; Piet Geusens; Marjolein Drent Journal: Sarcoidosis Vasc Diffuse Lung Dis Date: 2007-03 Impact factor: 0.670
Authors: Łukasz Gwadera; Adam Jerzy Białas; Mikołaj Aleksander Iwański; Paweł Górski; Wojciech Jerzy Piotrowski Journal: Chron Respir Dis Date: 2019 Jan-Dec Impact factor: 2.444