Hemophilia is a bleeding disorder and repeated joint bleeding leads to hemophilic arthropathy. Among patients with hemophilia, vitamin D deficiency and hemophilic arthropathy have been associated with osteoporosis in several clinical studies.There is no data on the prevalence of osteoporosis in hemophilia patients in Taiwan or Asia. To the best of our knowledge, no previous studies have reported the prevalence of sarcopenia and correlation with osteoporosis in hemophilia adult patients. This study will investigate the prevalence and corelation of sarcopenia and low BMD in patients with hemophilia. patients in Taiwan. The study will estimate the prevalence of sarcopenia and body composition in the hemophilia population and compared baseline demographic and clinical characteristics between the non-sarcopenia and sarcopenia individuals, with particular emphasis on the overlap with osteoporosis and hemophilic arthropathy.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
45
Body composition will be measured using whole-body DXA (GE Lunar iDXA, GE Healthcare Lunar, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A.). Extremity skeletal muscle mass will be calculated using the values measured via the DXA; ASM will be calculated as the sum of skeletal muscle mass in the arms and legs, assuming that the mass of lean soft tissue is a skeletal muscle. Appendicular skeletal mass index (ASM/Ht2 ) will be determined as the sum of the arm and leg lean mass (kg)/height2 (m2 ). BMD will be measured in lumbar spine and bilateral hip by the same DXA device (GE Lunar iDXA, GE Healthcare Lunar, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A.)
Tri-Service General Hospital
Taipei, Taiwan
Sacropenia
Extremity skeletal muscle mass will be calculated using the values measured via the DXA
Time frame: up to 4 weeks
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