Clinical and laboratory characteristics of osteoporosis in women with rheumatoid arthritis

Overall, 113 female patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) had examined. From 16.9 to 48.7% of patient’s analyzes revealed clinical symptoms of osteoporosis (OP). According to the results of questionnaires, 87.6% of patients need to analyze parameters of calcium-phosphorus metabolism. The level of blood calcium was below than 2.2 mmol/l at 65.5% of patients, and the level higher than 2.8 mmol/l revealed at 15.9% of patients respec-tively. It found an increased activity of acid phosphotases (APs), parathyroid hormone (PTH) - markers of bone resorption and decreased alkaline phosphatase activity (ALPs), calcitonin (CT) - bone formation markers. The results of computed tomography (CT) and rentgendensitometry showed that, 40.0% of patients had signs of I de-gree, at 26,7% - II degree and 33,3% - III degree of osteoporosis (OP)