Table 2.
Changes in femoral neck (FN)and lumbar spine (LS) bone mineral density compared with baseline values in rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with anti-rheumatic drugs
|
Site of BMD
|
Baseline | End point | Mean differences (% Change) (95%CI) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Femoral neck | 0.73±0.11 | 0.70±0.12 | -0.031±0.01 (-4.24 %) (95% CI, -0.008-0.07, p=0.11) |
| lumbar spine (-6.57%) |
0.90±0.16 | 0.84±0.17 | -0.058±0.19 (-6.57 %) (95% CI, 0.016-0.10, p=0.009) |
| FN-BMD Z-score | -1.07±0.92 | -0.99±0.95 | 0.082±0.17 (+7.66 %) (95% CI, -0.28-0.45, p=0.643) |
| LS-BMD Z-score | -1.02±0.92 | -1.18±89 | -0.15±0.09 ( 1.4.7%) (95% CI, -0.36-0.045, p=0.120) |