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Table 3 Partial correlation of high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography results and bone markers

From: Catabolic and anabolic periarticular bone changes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a computed tomography study on the role of age, disease duration and bone markers

 

Erosion count

Erosion score

Osteophyte count

Osteophyte score

 

Baseline

Follow-up

Baseline

Follow-up

Baseline

Follow-up

Baseline

Follow-up

CTX1

0.443

0.031

0.319

0.095

0.866

0.981

0.979

0.310

TRAP5b

0.047

0.005

0.109

0.006

0.806

0.766

0.912

0.415

BAP

0.218

0.009

0.165

0.010

0.022

0.008

0.059

0.083

OC

0.463

0.029

0.440

0.016

0.620

0.699

0.857

0.884

PTH

0.873

0.852

0.833

0.951

0.514

0.014

0.512

0.004

Vit D

0.290

0.214

0.408

0.192

0.630

0.397

0.389

0.468

  1. Numbers indicate P values; CTX-I, C-terminal telopeptide of type I collagen; TRAP5b, tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase 5b; BAP, bone alkaline phosphatase; OC, osteocalcin; PTH, parathyroid hormone; Vit D, 25-hydroxyvitamin D3.