Low bone mass in microscopic colitis

BMC Gastroenterology

Table 2 Major objective bone density parameters in microscopic colitis, Crohn's disease and healthy controls.

	MC	significance (MC vs. CD)	CD	HC
Femoral BMD (g/cm²)	0.852 ± 0.165**	ns.	0.807 ± 0.136**	1.056 ± 0.126
Lumbar BMD (g/cm²)	0.928 ± 0.156	p < 0.05	0.847 ± 0.112*	0.949 ± 0.112
Non-dominant radius BMD (g/cm²)	0.565 ± 0.093*	ns.	0.672 ± 0.056*	0.667 ± 0.072
Femoral t-score	-0.638 ± 1.437*	ns.	-0.607 ± 1.09	-0.211+1.053
Lumbar t-score	-1.203 ± 1.42	ns.	-1.390 ± 1.124	-1.328 ± 1.041
Radius t-score	-1.37 ± 1.135*	ns.	-1.090 ± 1.236*	-0.882 ± 1.106

(BMD: bone mineral density, MC: microscopic colitis, CD: Crohn's disease; HC: healthy controls; paired and independent sample Student's t-tests were applied. The results are presented as mean ± standard deviation; * = p < 0.05 and ** = p < 0.01 compared to HC, ns = not significant.)

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