Evaluation of densitometric bone–muscle relationships in Crohn's disease

BACKGROUND: Patients with Crohn's disease (CD) are 1.4 to 2.5 times more likely than the normal population to sustain a fracture but the factors involved in the pathogenesis are not clearly understood. Bone mass is affected both by nutrition and by muscular activity. Trauma excepted, the largest voluntary loads on bones come from muscle contraction, not body weight. AIM: To assess the relationship between bone mass (bone mineral content) and …