TY - JOUR
T1 - A Pilot Study to Assess Opportunistic Use of CT-Scan for Osteoporosis Screening in Chronic Pancreatitis
AU - McNabb-Baltar, Julia
AU - Manickavasagan, Hanisha R.
AU - Conwell, Darwin L.
AU - Lu, Andrew
AU - Yadav, Dhiraj
AU - Hart, Philip A.
AU - Lara, Luis F.
AU - Cruz-Monserrate, Zobeida
AU - Ing, Steven
AU - Hinton, Alice
AU - Mace, Thomas A.
AU - Bradley, David
AU - Shah, Zarine K.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2022 McNabb-Baltar, Manickavasagan, Conwell, Lu, Yadav, Hart, Lara, Cruz-Monserrate, Ing, Hinton, Mace, Bradley and Shah.
PY - 2022/5/31
Y1 - 2022/5/31
N2 - Objectives: CT scans are commonly performed in patients with chronic pancreatitis (CP). Osteopathy and fractures are recognized in CP but no osteoporosis screening guidelines are recommended. “Opportunistic” CT scan-derived bone density thresholds are assessed for identifying osteoporosis in CP. Methods: Retrospective pilot cohort study. CP subjects who had CT scans and dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) within 1 year were included. CT-derived bone density was measured at the L1 level. Pearson’s correlation was performed between age and CT-derived bone density in Hounsfield unit (HU). Univariate analysis using HU to identify osteoporosis was performed at various thresholds of bone density. The discriminatory ability of the model was evaluated with the area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve (AUC). Several HU thresholds were tested. Results: Twenty-seven CP subjects were included, of whom 11 had normal bone density, 12 osteopenia, and four osteoporosis on DXA. The mean age was 59.9 years (SD 13.0). There was a negative correlation of age with HU (r = −0.519, p = 0.006). CT-derived bone density predicted DXA-based osteoporosis in the univariable analysis (Odds Ratio (OR) = 0.97 95% Confidence Interval (CI) 0.94–1.00, p = 0.03). HU thresholds were tested. A threshold of 106 HU maximized the accuracy (AUC of 0.870). Conclusions: CT scan may be repurposed for “opportunistic” screening to rule out osteoporosis in CP. A larger study is warranted to confirm these results.
AB - Objectives: CT scans are commonly performed in patients with chronic pancreatitis (CP). Osteopathy and fractures are recognized in CP but no osteoporosis screening guidelines are recommended. “Opportunistic” CT scan-derived bone density thresholds are assessed for identifying osteoporosis in CP. Methods: Retrospective pilot cohort study. CP subjects who had CT scans and dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) within 1 year were included. CT-derived bone density was measured at the L1 level. Pearson’s correlation was performed between age and CT-derived bone density in Hounsfield unit (HU). Univariate analysis using HU to identify osteoporosis was performed at various thresholds of bone density. The discriminatory ability of the model was evaluated with the area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve (AUC). Several HU thresholds were tested. Results: Twenty-seven CP subjects were included, of whom 11 had normal bone density, 12 osteopenia, and four osteoporosis on DXA. The mean age was 59.9 years (SD 13.0). There was a negative correlation of age with HU (r = −0.519, p = 0.006). CT-derived bone density predicted DXA-based osteoporosis in the univariable analysis (Odds Ratio (OR) = 0.97 95% Confidence Interval (CI) 0.94–1.00, p = 0.03). HU thresholds were tested. A threshold of 106 HU maximized the accuracy (AUC of 0.870). Conclusions: CT scan may be repurposed for “opportunistic” screening to rule out osteoporosis in CP. A larger study is warranted to confirm these results.
KW - CT scan
KW - DXA (dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry)
KW - chronic pancreatitis (CP)
KW - opportunistic screening
KW - osteoporosis
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U2 - 10.3389/fphys.2022.866945
DO - 10.3389/fphys.2022.866945
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85132850942
SN - 1664-042X
VL - 13
JO - Frontiers in Physiology
JF - Frontiers in Physiology
M1 - 866945
ER -