Mineral bone density at different clinical variants of the males rheumatoid arthritis

Osteopenical syndrome (OPS) frequency and intensity of the males at different clinical variants of the rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were estimated. The study included 80 males with the significant diagnose of RA, in the middle age of 55,2±1,4 years and with the disease duration of 7,2±0,6 years. The control group included 84 males without RA compared by the age (56,7±0,9). Mineral bone density (MBD) is examined by the method of double-energetic absorptiometry with the help of stationary radiological double-energetic bone densitometer Exceell XR-46 (Norland, USA). The MBD indexes in RA patients were significantly lower than in the control group. At RA patients there were more frequency of osteopenical syndrome in the femoral neck than in the lumbar spine. Maximal risk of the osteoporosis (OP) development was noted in the 3d degree of activity and high radiological RA stage. The RA availability in males is reasonable to consider as a prognostic marker of the unfavorable influence on MBD and high activity and radiological stage as factors of the OP risk development associated with the disease itself.