TBS correlates with bone density and microstructure at trabecular and cortical bone evaluated by HR-pQCT
Introduction Trabecular bone score (TBS) estimates bone microstructure, which is directly measured by high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography (HRpQCT). We evaluated the correlation between these methods and TBS influence on fracture risk assessed by FRAX. Materials and methods We...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of bone and mineral metabolism 2024-05, Vol.42 (3), p.352-360 |
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Trabecular bone score (TBS) estimates bone microstructure, which is directly measured by high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography (HRpQCT). We evaluated the correlation between these methods and TBS influence on fracture risk assessed by FRAX.
Materials and methods
We evaluated 129 individuals (82 women, 43 postmenopausal) 20 to 82.3 years without prevalent clinical or non-clinical morphometric vertebral fractures, using DXA (spine and hip), HR-pQCT at distal radius (R) and tibia (T) and TBS which classifies bone microarchitecture as normal (TBS ≥ 1.350), partially degraded (1.200 < TBS < 1.350), or degraded (TBS ≤ 1.200).
Results
Spine and hip BMD and HR-pQCT parameters at cortical bone: area (T), density (R,T) thickness (T) and trabecular bone: density (R,T), number (T) and thickness (R) were significantly better in the 78 individuals with normal TBS (group 1) versus the 51 classified as partially degraded (
n
= 42) or degraded microarchitecture (
n
= 9) altogether (group 2). TBS values correlated with age (
r
= − 0.55), positively with spine and hip BMD and all cortical and trabecular bone density and microstructure parameters evaluated,
p
< 0.05 all tests. Binary logistic regression defined age (
p
= 0.008) and cortical thickness (
p
= 0.018) as main influences on TBS, while ANCOVA demonstrated that HR-pQCT data corrected for age were not different between TBS groups 1 and 2. TBS adjustment increased FRAX risk for major osteoporotic fractures and hip fractures.
Conclusion
We describe significant association between TBS and both trabecular and cortical bone parameters measured by HR-pQCT, consistent with TBS influence on fracture risk estimation by FRAX, including hip fractures, where cortical bone predominates. |
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ISSN: | 0914-8779 1435-5604 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s00774-024-01508-4 |