A novel visceral adiposity index predicts bone loss in female early rheumatoid arthritis patients detected by HR-pQCT

Abstract The purpose of this prospective study is to compare the Chinese visceral adiposity index (CVAI) between early rheumatoid arthritis (ERA) patients and healthy controls; and to assess the relationship between CVAI and the bone microstructure using high-resolution peripheral quantitative compu...

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Main Authors: Jiang Yue, Priscilla C. H. Wong, Ying Zhang, Feng Peng, James F. Griffith, Jiankun Xu, Fan Xiao, Tena K. Li, Vivian Hung, Ling Qin, Lai-Shan Tam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-02-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-29505-z