PReS-FINAL-2016: Bone Mineral Status in a Long-Term Follow Up of Juvenile Dermatomyositis Patients

Results Forty patients (75%) had a normal DXA-SCAN, 7 patients (13%) had osteopenia and 2 patients (3,8%) had osteoporosis according to the described definitions. T-score for adults and Z-score for children were compared with normal reference values. There were no significant differences in the adult group. In children and adolescents younger than 20 years we found no significant differences in the Z-score of the whole body, but a marginally reduced Z-score of the lumbar spine. The results are listed in Table 1.