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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
15
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-10-15
pubmed:abstractText
Patients with multiple myeloma (MM) have an increased risk of fractures. On the basis of small numbers, patients with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) have been reported to have an increased fracture risk. Using population-based data from Sweden, we assessed the risks of fractures in 5326 MGUS patients diagnosed from 1958 to 2006, compared with 20 161 matched controls. MGUS patients had an increased risk of any fracture at 5 (hazard ratio [HR] = 1.74; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.58-1.92) and 10 (HR = 1.61; 95% CI, 1.49-1.74) years. The risk was significantly higher for axial (skull, vertebral/pelvis, and sternum/costae) compared with distal (arm and leg) fractures (P < .001). On the basis of 10 years of follow-up, there was an increased risk of vertebral/pelvic (HR = 2.37; 95% CI, 2.02-2.78), sternal/costae (HR = 1.93; 95% CI, 1.5-2.48), arm (HR = 1.23; 95% CI, 1.06-1.43), leg (HR = 1.40; 95% CI, 1.26-1.56), and other/multiple fractures (HR = 4.25; 95% CI, 3.29-5.51). Risks for fractures did not differ by isotype or M protein concentration at diagnosis. MGUS patients with (versus without) fractures had no excess risk of MM or Waldenström macroglobulinemia. Our results suggest that bone alterations are present in early myelomagenesis. Our findings may have implications for the development of better prophylaxis for bone disease in MGUS, and they provide novel clues on pathogenesis of MM bone disease.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1528-0020
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
14
pubmed:volume
116
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2651-5
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20610813-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:20610813-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:20610813-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:20610813-Case-Control Studies, pubmed-meshheading:20610813-Confidence Intervals, pubmed-meshheading:20610813-Female, pubmed-meshheading:20610813-Follow-Up Studies, pubmed-meshheading:20610813-Fractures, Bone, pubmed-meshheading:20610813-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:20610813-Immunoglobulin Isotypes, pubmed-meshheading:20610813-Male, pubmed-meshheading:20610813-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:20610813-Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance, pubmed-meshheading:20610813-Multiple Myeloma, pubmed-meshheading:20610813-Proportional Hazards Models, pubmed-meshheading:20610813-Risk Factors, pubmed-meshheading:20610813-Sweden, pubmed-meshheading:20610813-Young Adult
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance and risk of skeletal fractures: a population-based study.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Karolinska University Hospital Solna and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. sigurdur.kristinsson@karolinska.se
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural, Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural