RA ‘linked with fracture risk’ in women
The disease itself might increase risk, independent of corticosteroid medications, authors say
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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) might increase the risk of certain fractures per se, with corticosteroid treatment adding to fracture risk as well, Italian researchers say.
Using data from a nationwide tool for fracture risk assessment called deFRAcalc, researchers from the University of Verona compared data for more than 13,500 women who had comorbidities, with the same number of women matched 1:1 on age and T-score.
Women who had RA, but were not using corticosteroids, had a risk of non-hip and non-vertebral fragility fractures that was greater than their matched peers who did not have RA, the data showed.
