Does Dietary Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Intake Associate With Bone Mineral Density and Limb Structural Changes in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis?

Bone mineral density arm fat mass early rheumatoid arthritis inflammation polyunsaturated fatty acids

Journal

Nutrition and metabolic insights
ISSN: 1178-6388
Titre abrégé: Nutr Metab Insights
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101550186

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2023
Historique:
received: 24 02 2023
accepted: 28 04 2023
pubmed: 29 6 2023
medline: 29 6 2023
entrez: 29 6 2023
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an inflammatory disease that can result in bone erosion, lean mass lowering, and increase of fat mass without changes in body weight. The dietary consumption of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) has been assessed in many studies due to their potential anti-inflammatory effect. The aim of this research was to identify if dietary intake of PUFAs associates with bone mineral density (BMD) and limb structural changes in early rheumatoid arthritis (ERA) compared to a population-based control group. The study was conducted because previous results have been insufficient. The study group consisted of 83 ERA patients and 321 control subjects. A dual-energy X-Ray absorptiometry (DXA) machine was used to measure hip, lumbar spine, and radius BMD, as well as arm and leg fat, lean, and bone mass. Dietary habits and inflammatory markers were assessed to evaluate the effects to BMD and limb structural changes. In ERA subjects, higher dietary consumption of PUFAs was associated with a decrease in arm fat mass (b -28.17, Balanced nutrition is essential. Consuming PUFAs could be beneficial in ERA preventing structural changes to hands, but additional research is needed.

Sections du résumé

Background UNASSIGNED
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an inflammatory disease that can result in bone erosion, lean mass lowering, and increase of fat mass without changes in body weight. The dietary consumption of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) has been assessed in many studies due to their potential anti-inflammatory effect.
Aim UNASSIGNED
The aim of this research was to identify if dietary intake of PUFAs associates with bone mineral density (BMD) and limb structural changes in early rheumatoid arthritis (ERA) compared to a population-based control group. The study was conducted because previous results have been insufficient.
Methods UNASSIGNED
The study group consisted of 83 ERA patients and 321 control subjects. A dual-energy X-Ray absorptiometry (DXA) machine was used to measure hip, lumbar spine, and radius BMD, as well as arm and leg fat, lean, and bone mass. Dietary habits and inflammatory markers were assessed to evaluate the effects to BMD and limb structural changes.
Results UNASSIGNED
In ERA subjects, higher dietary consumption of PUFAs was associated with a decrease in arm fat mass (b -28.17,
Conclusion UNASSIGNED
Balanced nutrition is essential. Consuming PUFAs could be beneficial in ERA preventing structural changes to hands, but additional research is needed.

Identifiants

pubmed: 37383545
doi: 10.1177/11786388231176169
pii: 10.1177_11786388231176169
pmc: PMC10293524
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

11786388231176169

Informations de copyright

© The Author(s) 2023.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

Auteurs

Annika Valner (A)

Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.
Internal Medicine Clinic, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia.

Raili Müller (R)

Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.
Internal Medicine Clinic, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia.

Mart Kull (M)

Viljandi County Hospital, Viljandi County, Estonia.

Kaja Põlluste (K)

Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.

Margus Lember (M)

Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.
Internal Medicine Clinic, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia.

Riina Kallikorm (R)

Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.
Internal Medicine Clinic, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia.

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