Calcium and bone metabolism across women's life stages. Osteoporosis in female patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Abstract
Female patients with rheumatoid arthritis(RA)are at high risk for osteoporosis and fractures. In Japanese female patients with RA, age, disability, daily prednisolone dose, history of total knee replacement, and low bone mineral density are known to be risk factors for fractures, and more than 70% are reported to be vitamin D deficiency.
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