Spine Trabecular Bone Score as an Indicator of Bone Microarchitecture at the Peripheral Skeleton in Kidney Transplant Recipients

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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Studies using high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography showed progressive abnormalities in cortical and trabecular microarchitecture and biomechanical competence over the first year after kidney transplantation. However, high-resolution peripheral computed tomography is a research tool lacking wide availability. In contrast, the trabecular bone score is a novel and widely available tool that uses gray-scale variograms of the spine image from dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry to assess trabecular quality. There are no studies assessing whether trabecular bone score characterizes bone quality in kidney transplant recipients.

DESIGN, SETTINGS, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS: Between 2009 and 2010, we conducted a study to assess changes in peripheral skeletal microarchitecture, measured by high-resolution peripheral computed tomography, during the first year after transplantation in 47 patients managed with early corticosteroid-withdrawal immunosuppression. All adult first-time transplant candidates were eligible. Patients underwent imaging with high-resolution peripheral computed tomography and dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry pretransplantation and 3, 6, and 12 months post-transplantation. We now test if, during the first year after transplantation, trabecular bone score assesses the evolution of bone microarchitecture and biomechanical competence as determined by high-resolution peripheral computed tomography.

RESULTS: At baseline and follow-up, among the 72% and 78%, respectively, of patients having normal bone mineral density by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry, 53% and 50%, respectively, were classified by trabecular bone score as having high fracture risk. At baseline, trabecular bone score correlated with spine, hip, and ultradistal radius bone mineral density by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry and cortical area, density, thickness, and porosity; trabecular density, thickness, separation, and heterogeneity; and stiffness and failure load by high-resolution peripheral computed tomography. Longitudinally, each percentage increase in trabecular bone score was associated with increases in trabecular number (0.35%±1.4%); decreases in trabecular thickness (-0.45%±0.15%), separation (-0.40%±0.15%), and network heterogeneity (-0.48%±0.20%); and increases in failure load (0.22%±0.09%) by high-resolution peripheral computed tomography (all P<0.05).

CONCLUSIONS: Trabecular bone score may be a useful method to assess and monitor bone quality and strength and classify fracture risk in kidney transplant recipients.

Errataetall:

CommentIn: Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2017 Apr 3;12 (4):562-564. - PMID 28348029

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

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Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN - 12(2017), 4 vom: 03. Apr., Seite 644-652

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Luckman, Matthew [VerfasserIn]
Hans, Didier [VerfasserIn]
Cortez, Natalia [VerfasserIn]
Nishiyama, Kyle K [VerfasserIn]
Agarawal, Sanchita [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Chengchen [VerfasserIn]
Nikkel, Lucas [VerfasserIn]
Iyer, Sapna [VerfasserIn]
Fusaro, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Edward X [VerfasserIn]
McMahon, Donald J [VerfasserIn]
Shane, Elizabeth [VerfasserIn]
Nickolas, Thomas L [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Absorptiometry, Photon
Adrenal Cortex Hormones
Adult
Bone Density
Bone and Bones
Follow-Up Studies
Fractures, Bone
Humans
Journal Article
Kidney transplantation
Mineral metabolism
Porosity
Radius
Renal osteodystrophy
Renal transplantation
Spine
Tomography

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Date Completed 19.12.2017

Date Revised 13.08.2023

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2017 Apr 3;12 (4):562-564. - PMID 28348029

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.2215/CJN.09850916

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM270366849