INVESTIGADORES
OLIVERI Maria Beatriz
artículos
Título:
Vitamin D levels and bone mass in rheumatoid arthritis
Autor/es:
BRANCE ML; BRUN L; LIOI SUSANA; SANCHEZ A; ABDALA M; B OLIVERI
Revista:
RHEUMATOLOGY INTERNATIONAL.
Editorial:
SPRINGER
Referencias:
Lugar: Berlin; Año: 2015
ISSN:
0172-8172
Resumen:
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic systemic inflammatory autoimmune disease with high prevalence of osteoporosis. Previous evidence indicates an association between vitamin D deficiency and autoimmune diseases. The aim of this study was to evaluate serum 25 hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] levels, bone mineral density (BMD) and disease activity in RA patients living in Argentina. We studied 34 RA women and 41 healthy women as a control group. RA patients had lower 25(OH)D levels (20.4±0.9 ng/ml) than controls (26.3±1.9 ng/ml; p3.2: 19.5±0.88 ng/ml; DAS-28