Bone mineral loss at the distal femur and proximal tibia following spinal cord injury in men and women

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Purpose: Spinal cord injury (SCI) causes rapid bone loss and increases risk of fragility fractures in the lower extremities. The majority of individuals with SCI are men, and few studies have investigated sex as a biological variable in SCI-induced osteoporosis. This cross-sectional study aimed to quantify sex-specific differences in bone mineral following SCI. Methods: Quantitative computed tomography (QCT) scans of the distal femur and proximal tibia were obtained at baseline of one of four clinical trials enrolling people who sustained SCI 1 month to 50 years prior to recruitment. Bone volume (BV), bone mineral content (BMC), bone mineral density (BMD), and bending strength index (BSI) were quantified in the integral, trabecular, and cortical bone in the epiphysis, metaphysis and diaphysis. Scans from 106 men and 31 women were analyzed to measure sex-specific effects on bone loss over time post-SCI. Results: BMC and BSI declined exponentially as a function of time post-SCI and were best described by separate decay curves for men and women. Women had BV, BMC, and BSI at 58-77% that of men in the acute and plateau phases, with both sexes showing similar rates of loss as a function of time post-SCI. Trabecular BMD was best described as an exponential decay versus time post-SCI, with no sex-specific differences. Conclusions: Due to consistently lower BV, BMC, and BSI, women may be more susceptible to fractures after SCI than men.

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Mazur, C. M., Edwards, W. B., Haider, I. T., Fang, Y., Morse, L. R., Schnitzer, T. J., … Troy, K. L. (2023). Bone mineral loss at the distal femur and proximal tibia following spinal cord injury in men and women. Journal of Clinical Densitometry, 26(3). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocd.2023.101380

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