Leal-Vega Luis, Coco-Martín María Begoña, Martín-Gutiérrez Adrián, Blázquez-Cabrera José Antonio, Arranz-García Francisca, Navarro Amalia, Moro María Jesús, Filgueira José, Sosa-Henríquez Manuel, Vázquez María Ángeles, Montoya María José, Díaz-Curiel Manuel, Olmos José Manuel, Pérez-Castrillón José Luis
Group of Applied Clinical Neurosciences and Advanced Data Analysis, Department of Medicine, Dermatology and Toxicology, University of Valladolid, Av. Ramón y Cajal, 7, 47005, Valladolid, Spain.
Internal Medicine Service, Albacete University Hospital Complex, Albacete, Spain.
Arch Osteoporos. 2025 Sep 8;20(1):121. doi: 10.1007/s11657-025-01604-6.
UNLABELLED: This retrospective cohort study analysed a total of 344 patients from the OSTEOMED registry with matched baseline and follow-up DXA data, finding that comorbidities such as nephrolithiasis, hypertension or coronary heart disease may influence the response to prescribed anti-osteoporotic treatment. PURPOSE: To determine: 1) comorbidities associated with reduced bone mineral density (BMD), T-score and Z-score at the lumbar spine (L1 to L4 vertebrae), femoral neck and total hip; and 2) the role of multimorbidity (≥ 2 comorbidities) in reduced BMD, T-score and Z-score at the lumbar spine, femoral neck and total hip. METHODS: Retrospective cohort study analyzing patients [319 females (92.73%), 25 males (7.27%), age 62.13 ± 10.46 years] from the OSTEOMED registry with matched baseline and follow-up dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) data. Patients' sex, age, body mass index (BMI), comorbidities and treatments were collected from their medical records after they had given written informed consent. RESULTS: Considering a least significant change (LSC) of 4.2%, neither comorbidity nor multimorbidity was statistically significantly associated with a reduction in BMD in any of the bone regions studied. However, binary logistic regression analyses adjusted for sex, age, BMI and treatments showed that nephrolithiasis (p = 0.044) and coronary heart disease (p = 0.026) were statistically significantly associated with a reduction in total hip T-score and that hypertension (p = 0.049) and coronary heart disease (p = 0.01) were statistically significantly associated with a reduction in total hip Z-score. CONCLUSION: Despite comorbidity and multimorbidity, patients with osteoporosis are mostly well protected by anti-osteoporotic treatment in daily clinical practice. However, nephrolithiasis, hypertension, and coronary heart disease can influence the response to prescribed anti-osteoporotic treatment, especially at the total hip level.
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