Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Osteoporosis is known chronic complication of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). It is known that areal bone mineral density (aBMD) does not sufficiently reflect bone strength and quality. The trabecular bone score (TBS) provides an indirect measurement of bone microarchitecture, independent of aBMD.Aims and methods: The aim was to assess TBS in IBD patients with regard to disease behavior using in comparison with lumbar spine (LS) BMD. The...