The procedures were approved by the institutional review board for research involving human subjects(IRB PRO00015628),and all volunteers signed a written informed consent prior to participating in the experimental procedures.
We examined bone mineral density(BMD)measurements made by dual-energy-xray-absorptiometry(DEXA)taken from 100 patients(♂46/♀54,66±6yr)who previously underwent single total-knee arthroplasty(TKA)to determine if auto...
Background:Areal bone mineral density(aBMD)applied for osteoporosis diagnosis unavoidably results in the missingdiagnosis in patients with large bones and misdiagnosis in those with small bones.Therefore,we try to fin...
AIM To evaluate the power of six osteoporosis-screening instruments in women in a Mediterranean country.METHODS Data concerning several osteoporosis risk factors were prospectively collected from 1000 postmenopausal w...
supported by the Cooperative Research Program for Agriculture Science & Technology Development (No.PJ01134802)
Objective:To evaluate possible lipid catabolism and body fat regulation effects of 3-caffeoylquinic acid in Green coffee bean extract(GCBE) in high-fat diet(HFD)-induced obese mice.Methods:Obesity was induced in mice ...
Supported by The Department of Veteran Affairs,Veteran Health Administration,Rehabilitation Research and Development Service(B7867-W)
The drastic changes in body composition following spinal cord injury(SCI) have been shown to play a significant role in cardiovascular and metabolic health. The pattern of storage and distribution of different types o...
AIM: To review the published literature reporting bone loss in patients with axial spondyloarthritis(SpA) particularly those studies using dual X-ray absorptiometry(DXA) methods. METHODS: This literature review examin...
Rheumatoid arthritis(RA) is a common chronic inflammatory disease and periarticular osteoporosis or osteopenia of the inflamed hand joints is an early feature of RA Quantitative measurement of hand bone loss may be an...
AIM: To assess:(1) Whether the World Health Organization fracture risk assessment tool(FRAX) can be used for monitoring osteoporosis patients receiving treatment as well as its clinical implications; and(2) The relati...
Supported by A Grant from Sapienza University of Rome,Progetti di Ricerca Universitaria 2010-2011
AIM: To investigate bone mineral density (BMD) in obese children with and without nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD); and the association between BMD and serum adipokines, and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein...