Key clinical point: The risk for moderate coronary artery calcification (CAC) is inversely and independently associated with bone mineral density (BMD) of the lumbar spine in adults with osteoporosis.
Major finding: After adjustments for significant factors of CAC, BMD of the lumbar spine was significantly and inversely associated with moderate CAC in patients with osteoporosis (odds ratio, 0.38; P = .035). However, no association between CAC and BMD was seen in patients with osteopenia.
Study details: The findings are based on a retrospective medical review study of 246 patients (osteoporosis group, n = 52; osteopenia group, n = 194).
Disclosures: The study was funded by Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation. The authors declared no conflicts of interest.
Citation: Chuang TL et al. Diagnostics (Basel). 2020 Sep 16. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics10090699 .